Salinger
Weinstein Company, The | Release Date: September 6, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
40
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
9
Negative:
11
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsSep 22, 2013
Salerno blows little more than smoke in this one, especially near the end, when we get to the maybe-probably-sort-ofs regarding the maybe-probably-possibly full vault of unpublished work. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comOdie HendersonSep 6, 2013
The ultimate invasion of its subject's privacy. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineSteve MacfarlaneSep 4, 2013
An outsized A&E Biography episode coursing with the strident urgency typical to anyone convinced they have something new to say on a long since played-out topic. Read full review
37
Washington PostStephanie MerrySep 19, 2013
While some of the stories are interesting, the film is much longer than it needs to be. For his part, Salerno tries to get creative with solutions for the lack of visual stimuli, but most attempts fail. Read full review
30
The New YorkerDavid DenbySep 16, 2013
The movie is like a monstrous balloon that keeps re-inflating. If Salinger were around, he would reach for a pin. Read full review
30
The New York TimesA.O. ScottSep 5, 2013
Salinger, directed by Mr. Salerno, is less a work of cinema than the byproduct of its own publicity campaign. Read full review
25
Boston GlobeTy BurrSep 19, 2013
Some documentaries are an embarrassment of riches. Salinger is merely an embarrassment. Read full review
25
Rolling StonePeter TraversSep 6, 2013
We also learn that five of his books, written in secret, will be published between 2015 and 2020. Can't wait to read them. Can't wait to forget this movie. Read full review
20
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlSep 4, 2013
What the movie gets hilariously, howlingly wrong is the idea that a life like Salinger's—so extraordinary, yet so willfully humdrum—could somehow be captured by the most shopworn of cinematic techniques. Read full review
10
The DissolveNathan RabinSep 5, 2013
Salinger thinks it’s big, important news, but it’s barely a footnote. Read full review
0
SlateDana StevensSep 5, 2013
That mystery is certainly hardy enough to withstand the voyeuristic onslaught of this self-aggrandizing, lurid documentary, which leaves the viewer feeling that we’ve been given a tour of Salinger’s septic tank in hip waders without ever getting to knock on his door and say hello. Read full review
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