Phil Spector2013
Phil Spector (2013)
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Critic Consensus: Its top-shelf script and terrific cast ensure that it's always watchable, but Phil Spector fails to provide truly compelling drama.
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Cast
as Phil Spector
as Linda Kenney Baden
as Bruce Cutler
as Mock Prosecutor
as Dr. Fallon
as Nick Stavros
as Judge Fidler
as Alan Jackson
as Dr. Spitz
as Music Store Owner
as Mr. Brown
as Bodyguard
as Bodyguard
as Maggie
as Woman on Stand
as Anchorman
as Court Newscaster
as Back to Mono Girl
as Giovanetta Ricci
as Mansion Newscaster
as Interviewer
as Lana Clarkson
as Barry
as Mock Judge
Critic Reviews for Phil Spector
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Even with a Mamet screenplay and actors like Mr. Pacino and Ms. Mirren there is not much anyone can do to make the audience care.
It's better than most films of its kind, even as it remains unsatisfying as historical re-creation, philosophical meditation or pure drama.
Pacino and Mirren's teamwork keeps Phil Spector watchable even when it's dousing itself in dramatic ethanol and lighting a match.
The film is an engrossing drama, with a dazzling performance by Al Pacino in the title role.
It's an insidious whitewash of a convicted killer and an infamous smear of his victim. It's a shame on all involved.
A frustrating film that leaves the questions -- pretty much all of them -- unanswered.
Audience Reviews for Phil Spector
Mamet's central thesis about the importance of impartiality in the legal system is not without merit, however centering his argument around Phil Spector was a gross miscalculation especially since his exploration fictionalizes some of the facts of the case. This only undermines his argument and exposes him as something of a hypocrite.
Super Reviewer
A TV movie that probably would have worked better as a straight play and that's hardly surprising with Mamet involved in the scripting and directing. Mirren is very good and Pacino is....well, Pacino! His acting is excellent but he never convinces as Phil Spector. The overall film is probably too sympathetic to Spector and has no regard for the victim so the whole thing needs to be taken with a pinch of salt and the fact that it finishes before the trial reaches a verdict is annoying but it is still entertaining viewing.
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