Meeting Spencer

Name: Meeting Spencer
Genre: Comedy
Released: April 6, 2011
Duration: 86 min
Rating: 38

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Paladin | Release Date: April 6, 2011 | R

Summary: After a series of Hollywood flops, famed director Harris Chappell returns to New York to relaunch his Broadway career. But Chappell's triumphant comeback begins to spiral out of control into a wild night of comic misadventure after meeting struggling actor Spencer and his old flame Didi. (Paladin Pictures)

Director: Malcolm Mowbray

Genre(s): Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 86 min

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Boxoffice Magazine Tim Cogshell

Apr 25, 2011

It's pithy and funny in that continuous smile kind of way that you don't notice until you're half way through it. Read full review

Ella Taylor

Apr 5, 2011

Though it's a big thrill that the world's finest character actor has his very own lead role, one wishes there were more meat on the elegant bones of Meeting Spencer to justify his cheerfully offhand wit. Read full review

Ronnie Scheib

Apr 10, 2011

Brit helmer Malcolm Mowbray's film assumes the constrictions of a stagebound farce, taking place on a single set in real time, and swept along in magisterially broad strokes by Jeffrey Tambor's playfully theatrical perf. Read full review

Andrew Schenker

Apr 6, 2011

The film feels more stale than timeless. Ditto the movie's rapid-fire dialogue, a stream of self-conscious patter that largely misses its targets and repeatedly takes the zing out of Tambor's zesty line readings. Read full review

Neil Genzlinger

Apr 7, 2011

Isn't quite savvy enough to compete with the slyest entries in that genre or madcap enough to run with the zaniest. Read full review

Kyle Smith

Apr 8, 2011

At best a sporadically amusing sketchbook of theater types. Read full review

Kevin Thomas

Apr 21, 2011

A lame, tedious comedy. Read full review

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