Philip Roth: Unmasked

Name: Philip Roth: Unmasked
Genre: Biography, Documentary
Released: March 13, 2013
Duration: 52 min
Rating: 65

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| Release Date: March 13, 2013 | Not Rated

Summary: A documentary on one of America’s greatest living novelist featuring candid interviews with the Pulitzer Prize-winner.

Director: William Karel

Genre(s): Biography, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 52 min

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Alan Scherstuhl

Mar 12, 2013

The directors plant a camera in front of Roth and get him talking. To smooth over edits, they show us book covers and old photos—Roth was dashing, charming, a little dangerous, one of his college friends tells us, but she doesn't need to say it. It's manifest, and it's still true. The film is especially recommended to anyone who thinks they hate him. Read full review

A.O. Scott

Mar 12, 2013

Fittingly enough, given that his great subject has always been himself, it is Mr. Roth who dominates the screen...He is, for 90 minutes, marvelous company — expansive, funny, generous and candid. Read full review

Stephanie Zacharek

Mar 14, 2013

There's nothing particularly dynamic about Livia Manera and William Karel's documentary Philip Roth: Unmasked. For some 90 minutes, it's pretty much just one guy talking. But what a guy! Read full review

Ela Bittencourt

Mar 13, 2013

In spite of the film's exhaustive chronology, those who deduce from its title that they're in for an unveiling, or an unraveling, of a major literary figure may come out empty-handed. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

Mar 14, 2013

Philip Roth turns 80 next week, and what better way to celebrate than to serve as the hero of his own story? It’s too bad, though, that this dully conventional biography doesn’t do justice to its subject. Read full review

Keith Uhlich

Mar 12, 2013

Fortunately, Roth himself proves to be a fascinating presence — soft-spoken, sharp and bearing a vague air of melancholy that offsets the surrounding adulation. Read full review

Kyle Smith

Mar 14, 2013

A great writer deserves a more penetrating and inquisitive documentary: Reverence is not the path to understanding. Read full review

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