The Paper (1994)
Average Rating: 6.7/10
Reviews Counted: 32
Fresh: 28 | Rotten: 4
Fast and frenetic, The Paper captures the energy of the newsroom thanks to its cast and director on first-rate form.
Average Rating: 6.9/10
Critic Reviews: 8
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 1
Fast and frenetic, The Paper captures the energy of the newsroom thanks to its cast and director on first-rate form.
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Director Ron Howard's drama follows a beleaguered reporter during a hectic 24 hours at a New York City tabloid. Michael Keaton stars as Henry Hackett, a metro editor for the struggling New York Sun. Hackett is being wooed by the Sentinel, a more upscale paper, but he's addicted to the adrenaline-stimulating, breakneck pace of the Sun's newsroom, much to the consternation of his pregnant wife Martha (Marisa Tomei. Hackett is currently pursuing a story of two minority youths who have been arrested
Mar 18, 1994 Wide
Nov 1, 1998
MCA Universal Home Video
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Cast
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Michael Keaton
Henry Hackett -
Robert Duvall
Bernie White -
Glenn Close
Alicia Clark -
Marisa Tomei
Martha Hackett -
Randy Quaid
McDougal -
Jason Robards
Graham Keighley -
Jason Alexander
Marion Sandusky -
Spalding Gray
Paul Bladden -
Catherine O'Hara
Susan -
Lynne Thigpen
Janet -
Jack Kehoe
Phil -
Roma Maffia
Carmen -
Clint Howard
Ray Blaisch -
Geoffrey Owens
Lou -
Amelia Campbell
Robin -
William Prince
Henry's Father -
Augusta Dabney
Henry's Mother -
Bruce Altman
Carl -
Jack McGee
Wilder -
John Bentley
Paste-Up Person -
Divina Cook
Sobbing Woman -
Michael Countryman
Emmett -
Julie Donatt
Kathy -
Gary Dourdan
Copy Guy -
Donna Hanover
Herself -
Jill Hennessy
Deanne White -
Jean Speegle Howard
Hospital Volunteer -
Rance Howard
Alicia's Doctor -
William Kunstler
Himself -
Bobo Lewis
Anna -
Kurt Loder
Himself -
Louisa Marie
Sentinel Receptionist -
Michael P. Moran
Chuck -
Harsh Nayyar
Attendant -
Joe Pentangelo
Arresting Officer -
James Ritz
A.C. Repairman -
Myra Taylor
Mother -
Victor Truro
Bernie's Doctor -
Joe Viviani
Max -
Miles Watson
A.C. Repairman -
Cedric Young
Martha's Paramedic -
Pete Hamill
Himself -
Richard Price
Himself -
Paul Geier
Doctor Porter -
Sally Jane Heit
Grace -
Herb Lovelle
Victor -
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Stephen Koepp
German Newsperson -
Siobhan Fallon
Lisa -
John Miller
Himself -
Jack A. O'Connell
Press Operator -
Jack O'Connell
Press Operator -
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All Critics (35) | Top Critics (11) | Fresh (28) | Rotten (4)
The picture starts to fall in love with its subject -- head- over-heels in love, until the acid drains from the wit and there's nothing left but sentimental ooze.
Top CriticIt's all slick, fizzy fun. But the film's fighting spirit gets snatched.
Watching The Paper got me in touch all over again with how good it feels to work at the top of your form, on a story you believe in, on deadline.
Perfectly captures the hubbub of the nation's newsrooms.
Thanks to a caffeinated cast and hyperactive script, director Ron Howard delivers The Paper with a bang.
A crowd pleaser, and, regardless of any viewer's experience (or lack thereof) with the behind-the-scenes wrangling that goes on in newspaper offices, the story is affable and entertaining.
An overwrought, hysterical drama about the newspaper business that doesn't begin to compare to Hollywood's classics of the genre (The Front Page). The film has an absurdly frantic pace but it's so romantically naive and unsubtle that nothing registers
One of Ron Howard's most underrated films.
A great ensemble cast
Not a bad view of the inner-workings at a daily
Does it show how newspapers really work? Not really, but who cares? It is great fun, even if it is overdone.
Enjoyable, if utterly unrealistic look at journalism
Incisively depicts the ways in which busyness, speed and constant pressure violate our souls in the workplace.
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