The Outsider
Westlake Entertainment Group | Release Date: April 7, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
64
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
1
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
An ideal introduction to Toback's output as well as a welcome elucidation for longtime fans. Apart from those worthy functions, The Outsider is also shrewdly made, illuminating its subject in a variety of settings and, at times, subtly assuming the style of Toback's films. Read full review
90
Village VoiceRob Nelson
Nicholas Jarecki's The Outsider is among the great docs about moviemaking. Read full review
70
VarietyJohn Anderson
Jarecki has produced more of a Friar's Club roast than a document, with the negative aspects of the subject made funny, and the positive inflated. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)David Edelstein
James Toback seems oddly nice in Nicholas Jarecki's delicious cult-of-personality documentary The Outsider. Read full review
63
PremiereEthan Alter
Jarecki seems all too eager to buy into Toback's depiction of himself as the ultimate Hollywood outsider. Try telling that to the independent filmmakers who aren't on a first-name basis with Warren Beatty. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
As is often the case with Toback's films, even as you're shaking your head at his shameless self-indulgence, you can't help but keep on watching. Read full review
50
The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis
A tragically missed opportunity to illuminate one of the more unusual cinematic talents working today. Read full review
25
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Toback quickly reveals himself as an insufferable, opinionated blowhard who pontificates shamelessly about the art of the cinema while indulging his own obsessions on film. Read full review
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