A terrific idea is unfortunately wasted. The great cast is wasted too.
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03/07/08
Fade to Black (2006)
29
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Reviews Counted:7
Fresh:2
Rotten:5
Average Rating:4.4/10
Starring: Danny Huston
Reviews for Fade to Black
1 - 7 (sorted by rotten rating)
Like Black Magic itself, alas, this is destined to be a forgotten curio of limited appeal.
03/07/08
A retro pastiche that, like The Good German before it, will be of limited interest to all but the most ardent film buff.
03/07/08
All credit to writer-director Oliver Parker for trying to broaden his CV, but Danny Huston is a terrible bore as Welles, Paz Vega continues to be incomprehensible in English, and the murky mystery plot limps along unrewardingly.
03/07/08
On paper this must have looked a neat idea: a wildly fictionalised account of a skid-row Orson Welles, up to his neck in political skulduggery while shooting a third-rate picture in post-war Italy.
03/07/08
Fade to Black is as sleek and attractive as the chrome polished vintage cars Huston travels in, but never truly gets in gear.
03/07/08
For all its flaws, it’s a movie-lover’s movie, and clear evidence that Parker should push himself a bit more often.
03/07/08
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