Arthur Newman
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  • Summary: Wallace Avery wants to change his life, so he fakes his own death, buys a new identity and hits the road as Arthur Newman. But his road trip is derailed when he meets Michaela "Mike" Fitzgerald. She sees through his scam and soon he sees through hers. As they continue on the road together, painful secrets are revealed and their new lives take shape.… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 23
  3. Negative: 4 out of 23
  1. Movie Nation
    Reviewed by: Roger Moore
    Apr 24, 2013
    75
    This is more “Something Mild” than “Something Wild.” But Firth and Blunt handle their characters’ many revelations with care and play with layers of hurt and disappointment with great sympathy and pathos.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    Apr 24, 2013
    67
    The way Firth embodies the character, with a robot stare and a flat affect that expresses each thought as a kind of minimalist hologram of emotion, he's playing a cipher who pretends to be a different cipher. How indie-ironic!
  3. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Tomas Hachard
    Apr 24, 2013
    63
    Throughout Dante Ariola's film, the expressions of the false-identity theme are multitudinous, and about as subtle as the Colin Firth character's choice for a new last name.
  4. New York Observer
    Reviewed by: Rex Reed
    Apr 23, 2013
    50
    Two lost souls on the highway of life — that’s what a well-acted but benign little trifle called Arthur Newman is about.
  5. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: Peter Rainer
    Apr 26, 2013
    42
    Is it possible to truly start life all over again? Arthur Newman might have been better if it had not started at all.
  6. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    Apr 28, 2013
    40
    There’s never a moment when we forget that Mike and Wallace are just vacant personalities that two talented actors decided to try on for fun.
  7. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Henry Barnes
    Apr 22, 2013
    20
    The flat-out dullness of Arthur is the point of Dante Ariola's debut feature, but it's also its undoing.

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  1. BrianGibbons992
    Apr 29, 2013
    9
    Saw the movie last night, was really pleasantly surprised. Colin Firth and Emily Blunt gave excellent performances that make a good story even better. I recommend giving it a shot!… Expand
  2. Filmgoer
    Apr 30, 2013
    9
    Emily Blunt is hot! I just had to say that. An ordinary man in ordinary circumstance, no shoot 'em ups no nothing. What a fantastic film, filled with emotion and pathos. This one will long be remembered.… Expand
  3. Nafziger
    Apr 29, 2013
    8
    I did not know about this movie and saw it playing in today. Poignant. A beautiful meditation on the human condition. At first, thought I would hate it but fell into it. Can't stop thinking about it.… Expand

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