NOW: In the Wings on a World Stage Reviews

Peter Calder
New Zealand Herald
May 16, 2016
Shakespeare for short attention spans.
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5
Shawn Hazelett
Under the Radar
August 15, 2014
Less a film than a brochure, offering lush, alluring scenery alongside a collection of ultimately shallow teasers.
Full Review | Original Score: 5.5/10
Jonathan Kiefer
SF Weekly
June 6, 2014
It's as cozy and self-congratulating as you'd expect from a thing executive-produced and distributed by Spacey.
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Mike McCahill
Guardian
June 5, 2014
As if screening filmed plays in cinemas wasn't perverse enough, here's a making-of for a long-gone theatrical event: the production of Richard III by Sam Mendes's Bridge Project that toured worldwide.
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5
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Cath Clarke
Time Out
June 3, 2014
More play, less luvvies please.
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5
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Tom Keogh
Seattle Times
May 15, 2014
There is nothing that drives this film except a tone of inward-gazing self-importance, sweetened by the sentimental bonding of the play's cast and crew and Whelehan's touristy location shots.
Original Score: 2/4
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J. R. Jones
Chicago Reader
May 8, 2014
The camaraderie among the players, some of whom have interesting stories of their own, tends to shut out any sense of audience response, aside from the ovation that reliably greets the star as soon as he appears onstage.
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Jordan Adler
We Got This Covered
May 4, 2014
NOW: In the Wings On A World Stage is a flat and only sporadically fascinating documentary that will likely disappoint fans of both Spacey and Shakespeare.
Full Review | Original Score: 5/10
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Sheila O'Malley
RogerEbert.com
May 2, 2014
"Istanbul is so exotic," is one reaction from a young actor, and that's about as good as the commentary gets.
Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4
Robert Levin
amNewYork
May 1, 2014
A more interesting documentary would have further investigated the phenomenon of Shakespeare resonating with such diverse locales.
Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4
Matt Pais
RedEye
May 1, 2014
Didn't need to be a movie.
Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4
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Mike D'Angelo
AV Club
May 1, 2014
Of mild interest to aficionados and Spacey fans, but almost terminally bland.
Full Review | Original Score: C
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Lou Lumenick
New York Post
May 1, 2014
Vanity, thy name is Kevin Spacey.
Full Review | Original Score: 0.5/4
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Alan Scherstuhl
Village Voice
April 24, 2014
In the end, all NOW reveals is that talented people did a difficult thing in far-off places - and that now they have a video scrapbook.
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