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Critics Consensus: Manglehorn boasts a nicely understated performance from Al Pacino, but that isn't enough to compensate for a slight story and uneven script.
Critic Consensus: Manglehorn boasts a nicely understated performance from Al Pacino, but that isn't enough to compensate for a slight story and uneven script.
All Critics (81) | Top Critics (22) | Fresh (40) | Rotten (41)
At least we get Pacino and Hunter. We may not understand why this story appealed to them, except for the fact that it gave them a chance to work together.
Sure, there's an undeniable pleasure from watching Pacino and Hunter work the screen, but the syrupy, symbol-heavy script by first-time feature writer Paul Logan is weighed down further by cliches and false notes.
If Manglehorn is to be remembered at all, it shall be for the excruciating first date that its title character goes on with a chirpy bank clerk he has long been chatting up.
This is definitely a lonely-man-talking-to-his-cat movie.
I spent most of the movie admiring Pacino's discipline in the role instead of believing he was the character.
Pacino easily captures the character's longtime frustration, though it's Holly Hunter who supplies the story's heartbreak.
This no-thrills character-driven drama is no Godfather, but Pacino has recognised and grabbed an opportunity to remind us just how great he can be when he bores into a character's inner life, then slowly, painstakingly reveals it back to us.
Director David Gordon Green overdoes the arty loneliness, just as Al Pacino over-cooks the lead role.
... [Al Pacino] gives one of his most inventive, interesting and detailed performances in ages.
The film is best when we just watch Pacino as a man consumed by old regrets.
There's almost a feel of experimentation to parts of Manglehorn, but as 85% of the movie is just a straightforward character drama, those bits don't really fit.
Gets a sentimental grip on his flawed character.
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