The Marc Pease Experience
Paramount Vantage | Release Date: August 21, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
30
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
0
Negative:
6
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63
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
This is a slight and unessential picture, but its quirky, compassionate tone seems destined to attract a cult following, and members of high-school drama clubs everywhere will be riveted. Read full review
38
Philadelphia InquirerDavid Hiltbrand
Faced with the script's weak humor and feeble stabs at irony, Schwartzman and Stiller turn it way up, setting the dial at "hammy." Read full review
38
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
Not so much character-driven as character-dragged--against its will. Read full review
33
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
In a squandered lead performance, the adorable, winning Schwartzman plays the non-adorable, non-winning title character. Read full review
30
VarietyRob Nelson
The finished product appears particularly stale, with an unfunny script that squanders its game cast, including a valiantly emotive Jason Schwartzman in the title role. Read full review
25
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
It’s badly written and inertly directed, with actors who don’t have a clue what drives their characters. This is one of those rare films that contains no chemistry at all. None. The actors scarcely seem to be in the same scenes together. Read full review
20
Chicago ReaderCliff Doerksen
Those who deem the gentle comedies of Christopher Guest (Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show) cruel to showbiz dreamers should be subjected to this ugliness. Read full review
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