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Hats Off (2008)

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Average Rating: 5.1/10
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Average Rating: 5.2/10
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Filmmaker Jyll Johnstone follows 92-year-old New York actress Mimi Weddell from acting lessons to auditions and all the way back home in this portrait of an aging talent whose boundless energy has graced screens both big and small. In addition to roles in such films as Student Bodies and The Purple Rose of Cairo, Weddell has also appeared in such popular television shows as Law & Order and Sex and the City. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Unrated, 1 hr. 24 min.

Documentary, Television, Special Interest

Directed By: Jyll Johnstone

In Theaters: Mar 28, 2008 Wide

Canobie/Abramorama

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Critic Reviews for Hats Off

All Critics (15) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (6) | Rotten (8)

It's obviously not all because of her drive and determination, but we come away from Johnstone's film believing attitude may play a role in the theater of at least one woman's life.

August 22, 2008 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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David Wiegand

San Francisco Chronicle

Top Critic

If you're not tickled and stirred by the sight of her 95-pound frame kicking off sheets and leaping out of bed to answer a phone -- a gig, maybe! -- then shame on you.

May 2, 2008 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times

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Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

Top Critic

Although it's highly effective at conveying the amusing aspects of its subject's quirky personality, Hats Off is less than meaningful in terms of terms of getting under her skin.

April 9, 2008 Comment

Frank Scheck

Hollywood Reporter

Top Critic

Jyll Johnstone's irresistible Hats Off documents Mimi Weddell, a Manhat tanite who, at 93, has pretty much cornered the market playing elegant, very old ladies in movies, TV, commercials and print ads.

March 28, 2008 Full Review Source: New York Post

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Lou Lumenick

New York Post

Top Critic

Hats Off is a documentary tribute to the 93-year-old actress Mimi Weddell, one of those people for whom the word 'individual' seems especially apt.

March 28, 2008 Comment

Jeannette Catsoulis

New York Times

Top Critic

Despite intimate, prolonged access to her subject, director Jyll Johnstone seems to have missed the most interesting wrinkles of Weddell's story in favor of fuzzy life's-a-stage affirmations.

March 27, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety

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Peter Debruge

Variety

Top Critic

Sometimes, a story is just not worth telling, and while Mimi's life is definitely an unusual one, it's not iconic.

May 16, 2008 Full Review Source: PopMatters

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Bill Gibron

PopMatters

A wonderful continuation of Johnstone's previous age-is-but-a-number twilight documentaries Martha & Ethel and Throwing Curves.

March 28, 2008 Full Review Source: FilmStew.com

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Richard Horgan

FilmStew.com Source: FilmStew.com

Johnstone, a friend of the family, maintains too discreet a distance from her subject.

March 28, 2008 Full Review Source: Film Journal International

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David Noh

Film Journal International

The face may be vaguely familiar, and if the name 'Mimi Weddell' doesn't ring a bell it will after you've seen Jyll Johnstone's affectionate documentary portrait of this unstoppable nonagenarian model and actress.

March 28, 2008 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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Ken Fox

TV Guide's Movie Guide

Overall, Hats Off feels like a scripted documentary that avoids the full story.

March 28, 2008 Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine

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Amy Nicholson

Boxoffice Magazine

It doesn't take long for Mimi Weddell's elegant aura to crumble, disarmingly, in this documentary about the 93-year-old actor who once played Stanford's grandmother on Sex and the City.

March 27, 2008 Full Review Source: Time Out New York

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Gia Kourlas

Time Out New York

Quaint and slight.

March 25, 2008 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Nick Schager

Slant Magazine

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