Arthur Newman (2013)
Average Rating: 5/10
Reviews Counted: 42
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 32
Despite the natural charisma of its leads, Arthur Newman does little with its intriguing setup, and the result is bland and unconvincing.
Average Rating: 4.7/10
Critic Reviews: 15
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 15
Despite the natural charisma of its leads, Arthur Newman does little with its intriguing setup, and the result is bland and unconvincing.
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Wallace Avery (Colin Firth) is tired of his existence. Divorced, disconnected from his young son, dissatisfied with his love life, depressed and in the doldrums of middle age, he decides to make a radical change by walking away from his old life. He buys a new identity and hits the road as Arthur Newman to begin life anew, bound for Terre Haute, Indiana, where he dreams of reinventing himself as a golf pro at a tiny country club. But his road trip is derailed by the entrance of Michaela "Mike"
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All Critics (42) | Top Critics (15) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (32)
An offbeat, sometimes self-congratulatory road movie romance.
Top CriticThey embark on one of those maundering, life-lessony odysseys that filmmakers love but audiences rarely do.
One of those many indies that exist to give actors a chance to go slumming.
Well-acted but ultimately unmemorable ...
The film equivalent of a dysfunctional computer sloppily assembled from discarded parts of other machines.
The promise it begins with doesn't pay off. And while "Arthur Newman" is not a complete disaster, it does leave you wishing the romance and the ride had been a whole lot smoother.
Arthur Newman is overwhelmed with arty ambitions and a heavy-handed acting style. Ultimately, all the weight prevents the film from taking off and soaring.
Obviously the theme of "Arthur Newman" is the American dream of starting over, but Johnston's screenplay hits it so obviously that it loses its resonance.
A strange film about dysfunctional people directed with good pace by Dante Ariola in his feature film debut highlighted by fine performances by Colin Firth and Emily Blunt.
Academy-award winner Colin Firth seems to be doing someone a favor by agreeing to play Walter Avery/Arthur Newman.
Ariola can't keep the proceedings moving forward, wallowing in the blue mood for far too long. It makes a decent movie with something to share about the exhaustion of defense mechanisms into a slog that leaves its actors high and dry.
Firth and Blunt give life (and flawless American accents) to this restrained, and occasionally bland, road trip flick.
Firth's performance alone would have been enough to hail this film by director Dante Ariola. Toss in an equally powerful performance by Blunt, and the film turns to a masterwork of acting.
Often-somber drama has language, sex, drinking.
This is a decidedly minor effort, directed by Dante Ariola with a bland, generic eye, missing the pathos of interesting drama and the charm of quality romantic cinema.
A slow, lethargic journey to nowhere, full of pseudo-profound dialogue and generic indie-drama plotting.
If anything, Arthur Newman is a reminder that some lonely people are lonely for a good reason.
Without a satisfying finale, Arthur Newman might come across as just an acting exercise. If so, it's still an impressive one.
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