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Man in the Chair (2007)
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Reviews Counted:32
Fresh:16
Rotten:16
Average Rating:5.3/10
Consensus: A committed performance from Christopher Plummer can't save Man in the Chair's troubled and cliched script.
Theatrical Release:Dec 7, 2007 Limited
Synopsis: MAN IN THE CHAIR stars Christopher Plummer (A BEAUTIFUL MIND, THE SOUND OF MUSIC) as weathered curmudgeon Flash Madden. The former film gaffer is embittered about Hollywood's current regime that... [More]
Starring: Christopher Plummer, Michael Angarano, M. Emmet Walsh, Robert Wagner
Director: Michael Schroeder
Reviews for Man in the Chair
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 3.5/5 |
It's hard to imagine anyone other than Christopher Plummer taking on the role of Flash Madden. Full Review |
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By the end it's lost any edge and is as soft and unappealing as a geriatric incontinence pad. Full Review |
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2.5/5 |
Ambitious, heartfelt but, Plummer's excellent performance aside, dramatically lightweight and unconvincing. Full Review |
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3/6 |
A fair-to-middling contemporary fantasy drama that, despite its surfeit of flashy effects, is mildly charming in the way it addresses the injustice of old folk having to live out their final years in decrepit homes. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Watchable drama with a strong performance from Christopher Plummer, though the script often feels simplistic and can't quite manage the emotional punch the story deserves. Full Review |
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B |
A movie about movies and the people who love them. Full Review |
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2/5 |
This attempt to make a film is about a guy who is attempting to make a film. Full Review |
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C |
Too slight and formulaic to amount to much. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Man In The Chair feels a bit like a high school movie project, which is appropriate since that's exactly what it's about. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
By salvaging a troubled script with deep, committed, touching portrayals, Plummer and Walsh help prove Schroeder's points about how Hollywood isn't just the province of the rich, young and pretty. Full Review |
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1.5 |
The movie works so hard at juggling its clichés that it fails to generate interest in its story. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Though they can't transcend writer-director Michael Schroeder's pointed contrivances, the actors tap into something achingly true in this valentine to Hollywood's below-the-line crafts people and society's castoffs. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
[An] elegant documentary. Full Review |
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2/6 |
Overdirected and underwritten, this litany of Hallmark Channel tropes and button-pushing sentiment uses Tinseltown treacle to gussy up an otherwise forgettable message movie about humane treatment for the elderly. Full Review |
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C- |
A film that probably never wouldn't have seen the light of a projector if it wasn't for some kind of "Let's get Actor X that long-deserved Oscar" grab. Full Review |
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2/4 |
If you have to see this film for one reason, see it for Plummer... Full Review |
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Schroeder's heart is in the right place, but his cinematic taste is unfortunately elsewhere. Full Review |
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A ramshackle but likeable story Full Review |
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