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Outsider, The

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Outsider, The reviews
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Based on 8 critic reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Documentary

Written by:

Directed by: Nicholas Jarecki

Release Date:
Theatrical: April 7, 2006

Running Time: 85 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: Not Rated

Starring Woody Allen, Robert Downey Jr., Neve Campbell, James Toback, Harvey Keitel, and Mike Tyson

The Outsider, a feature-length documentary from first-time writer/director Nicholas Jarecki, is a film about film, specifically, the power of film to create, to move, and to endure. It follows one of America’s most obsessive and intriguing filmmakers, James Toback, writer/director of 11 movies. Filmed over an 8-month period, The Outsider follows Toback through all phases of the making of his new film (shooting, editing, scoring, and release). The result is a surprising and highly entertaining examination of an industry that is changing and a man struggling against great odds to define a place within it. (Green Room Films)

What The Critics Said

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San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle

An ideal introduction to Toback's output as well as a welcome elucidation for longtime fans. Apart from those worthy functions, The Outsider is also shrewdly made, illuminating its subject in a variety of settings and, at times, subtly assuming the style of Toback's films.

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90

Village Voice Rob Nelson

Nicholas Jarecki's The Outsider is among the great docs about moviemaking.

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70

Variety John Anderson

Jarecki has produced more of a Friar's Club roast than a document, with the negative aspects of the subject made funny, and the positive inflated.

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70

New York Magazine David Edelstein

James Toback seems oddly nice in Nicholas Jarecki's delicious cult-of-personality documentary The Outsider.

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63

New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman

As is often the case with Toback's films, even as you're shaking your head at his shameless self-indulgence, you can't help but keep on watching.

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63

Premiere Ethan Alter

Jarecki seems all too eager to buy into Toback's depiction of himself as the ultimate Hollywood outsider. Try telling that to the independent filmmakers who aren't on a first-name basis with Warren Beatty.

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50

The New York Times Jeannette Catsoulis

A tragically missed opportunity to illuminate one of the more unusual cinematic talents working today.

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25

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

Toback quickly reveals himself as an insufferable, opinionated blowhard who pontificates shamelessly about the art of the cinema while indulging his own obsessions on film.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 10.0 (out of 10) based on 1 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

John S. gave it a10:
amazing film , learned so much about inidie moviemaking and the die-hard spirt. great people in it reveal all.

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