Poolman

Name: Poolman
Genre: Mystery, Comedy
Released: May 10, 2024
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 29
Cast: Annette Bening, Armie Hicks Jr., Chris Pine, Danny DeVito, DeWanda Wise

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Vertical Entertainment | Release Date: May 10, 2024 | Not Rated

Starring: Annette Bening, Armie Hicks Jr., Chris Pine, Danny DeVito, DeWanda Wise, Evan Shafran, Hollis W. Chambers, Jennifer Jason Leigh, John Ortiz, Juliet Mills, Ray Wise

Summary: Darren Barrenman (Chris Pine) is a native Los Angeleno who spends his days looking after the pool of the Tahitian Tiki apartment block and fighting to make his hometown a better place to live. When he is tasked by a femme fatale to uncover the truth behind a shady business deal, Darren enlists the help of his friends to take on a corruptDarren Barrenman (Chris Pine) is a native Los Angeleno who spends his days looking after the pool of the Tahitian Tiki apartment block and fighting to make his hometown a better place to live. When he is tasked by a femme fatale to uncover the truth behind a shady business deal, Darren enlists the help of his friends to take on a corrupt politician and a greedy land developer. His investigation reveals a hidden truth about his beloved city and himself. … Expand

Director: Chris Pine

Genre(s): Mystery, Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 100 min

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RogerEbert.com Matt Zoller Seitz

May 10, 2024

The movie has a clearly defined aesthetic and a consistent tone and a good heart, and there are moments where it wanders into the sublime. Read full review

Katie Walsh

May 9, 2024

Pine’s Poolman is sort of the physical, emotional and spiritual embodiment of Los Angeles itself: earnest, silly and a little (or a lot) ridiculous, but insistently charming if you decide to surrender to the experience. Read full review

Nicolas Rapold

May 10, 2024

Pine wisely avoids winks to the audience. But he whiffs at making the mystery especially gripping, leaving one instead to savor the moments, like a note-perfect Bening calmly talking Pine’s befuddled pool man through his latest setback. Read full review

Michael Rechtshaffen

Sep 14, 2023

While Pine is undeniably a charismatic actor, that likability can only generate so much audience good will in a production overstuffed with cartoonish caricatures lacking any sort of deeper connective tissue. Read full review

Emma Keates

May 8, 2024

If you’re a Chris Pine super-fan looking to live inside the actor’s head for a little while, Poolman just might be for you. But if you’re pretty much anyone else—even someone looking for some so-bad-it’s-good fun—take a lesson from the walkouts and stay out of the splash zone. Read full review

Collider Tania Hussain

Sep 13, 2023

Without the foundation of solid writing for Pine to direct from, everything ends up being lackluster and takes away from that aspect, no matter how strong the cast is and how cartoonish the situations are. Read full review

IndieWire Siddhant Adlakha

Sep 13, 2023

It’s only 100 minutes long, but upward of 99 of those minutes are likely to be spent in silent boredom, if not irritated disbelief at being subjected to such guileless, artless nonsense. Read full review

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