
Paterno
2018, Biography/Drama, 1h 45m
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Paterno, elevated by deft direction from Barry Levinson and a strong Al Pacino performance, presents a hard-hitting dramatization of a gut-wrenching real-life story. Read critic reviews
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Joe Paterno
Sara Ganim

Andrea
Mary Kay Paterno
Sue Paterno
Scott Paterno
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Brilliant as ever, [Al] Pacino is the master trickster who manages to both demonize and humanize Paterno.
April 19, 2018 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review… -
Mr. Levinson lays this out with considerable skill and energy.
April 9, 2018 | Full Review… -
It speaks to viewers with disparate reactions, but it also speaks to anyone who didn't dig into the scandal at the time by outlining what happens when we are too quick to defend the famous faces instead of those claiming to be victimized by them.
April 9, 2018 | Rating: A- | Full Review… -
Unfortunately, no amount of makeup or prosthetic noses can hold [Al] Pacino back for long, and his growl is so loud sometimes that it overpowers the vision of the wounded god Paterno became.
April 9, 2018 | Full Review… -
Al Pacino's Paterno is so convincing, and eerily lifelike it becomes necessary from time to time, to remember that this isn't the actual coach
April 6, 2018 | Full Review… -
Yes, it's interesting to watch Paterno's end as his family tries to rally around him, but there are too-few glimpses of Penn St. in his heyday, when he and others conveniently looked the other way.
April 6, 2018 | Full Review…
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