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The Stunt Man is a preposterously entertaining thriller with a clever narrative and Oscar-worthy (nomination, at least!) Peter O'Toole performance.
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The Stunt Man is a brilliant feat of cinematic legerdemain, creating an illusory world in which nothing is what it seems. Oct 25, 2018 | Full Review…
The Stunt Man is a brilliant feat of cinematic legerdemain, creating an illusory world in which nothing is what it seems.
Linda Deutsch
Pretentious, overenergized, muddled, intellectually bogus, and very entertaining for it. Mar 13, 2015 | Full Review…
Pretentious, overenergized, muddled, intellectually bogus, and very entertaining for it.
Dave Kehr
The fun lies in the journey. It is a trip of constantly shifting perceptions and sharply etched satirical sketches of movie types. It is also a carnival of bang-up stunt scenes. Mar 13, 2015 | Full Review…
The fun lies in the journey. It is a trip of constantly shifting perceptions and sharply etched satirical sketches of movie types. It is also a carnival of bang-up stunt scenes.
Richard Schickel
Sensationally original. Jun 11, 2011 | Full Review…
Sensationally original.
Joe Morgenstern
O'Toole is excellent in his best, cleanest performance in years. Dec 1, 2008 | Full Review…
O'Toole is excellent in his best, cleanest performance in years.
Variety Staff
The result is a movie filled with gags and excellent stunts which remains curiously humourless at heart. Stunted, not stunning. Feb 9, 2006 | Full Review…
The result is a movie filled with gags and excellent stunts which remains curiously humourless at heart. Stunted, not stunning.
Geoff Andrew
It's one of the great movies about the movies and a devious exploration of trust in the line between art and life. Mar 30, 2017 | Full Review…
It's one of the great movies about the movies and a devious exploration of trust in the line between art and life.
Sean Axmaker
The narrative doesn't come to life until Peter O'Toole wraps it around himself like a Renaissance cloak, and stares pensively into the distance. Mar 13, 2015 | Full Review…
The narrative doesn't come to life until Peter O'Toole wraps it around himself like a Renaissance cloak, and stares pensively into the distance.
Peter Ackroyd
Lawrence B. Marcus's script, which pits real life against reel life, offers plenty of wit, with most of the bons mots handed to O'Toole. Mar 13, 2015 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Lawrence B. Marcus's script, which pits real life against reel life, offers plenty of wit, with most of the bons mots handed to O'Toole.
Meticulously constructed and beautifully realised. Mar 13, 2015 | Full Review…
Meticulously constructed and beautifully realised.
Film4 Staff
A puzzle-master's delight. Jul 28, 2013 | Rating: 77/100 | Full Review…
A puzzle-master's delight.
Dan Jardine
Richard Rush's inventive narrative about the blurred lines between movie reality and factual reality is vastly entertaining, boasting Peter O'Toole in a diabolical, delicious Oscar-nominated performance. Jul 20, 2012 | Rating: A- | Full Review…
Richard Rush's inventive narrative about the blurred lines between movie reality and factual reality is vastly entertaining, boasting Peter O'Toole in a diabolical, delicious Oscar-nominated performance.
Emanuel Levy
A movie of intrigue but lacking in the craft needed to make it a classic.There are enough twists to keep it entertaining but it is not terribly memorable.
Super Reviewer
Time after time the camera shows us people in precarious situations here only to pull back to reveal that everything just witnessed was an elaborate gag designed to please the director of a film ... even the ins and outs of personal relationships. Are our own lives so controlled? A paranoid drug-fueled delusion, mindlessly rambling at points, still interesting at points.
An effing masterpiece from beginning to end. There is just no two ways about it. Peter O'Toole was right. "This film wasn't released, it escaped." An amazing piece of cinema and fantastic performances across the board.
O'Toole always makes me feel uncomfortable. Again he is strange and creepy in this role. I thought I'd be more interested in the behind-the-scenes setting of this movie, but this type of film where you don't know what is real or if the main character is imagining some of it isn't my thing.
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