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  • 2013
  • R
  • Cinedigm Entertainment Group
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2013
  • R
  • Cinedigm Entertainment Group
  • 1 h 33 m

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 li...

Directed By: Dante Ariola

Written By: Becky Johnston

  • 2013
  • R
  • Cinedigm Entertainment Group
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2013
  • R
  • Cinedigm Entertainment Group
  • 1 h 33 m

Arthur Newman

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 23 Critic Reviews
42
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 18 User Ratings
7.4
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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 li...

Directed By: Dante Ariola

Written By: Becky Johnston

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 23 Critic Reviews
42
22% Positive
5 Reviews
61% Mixed
14 Reviews
17% Negative
4 Reviews

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 23 Critic Reviews
42
22% Positive
5 Reviews
61% Mixed
14 Reviews
17% Negative
4 Reviews

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75
Apr 24, 2013
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.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
63
Apr 24, 2013
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.
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Generally Favorable Based on 18 User Ratings
7.4
67% Positive
12 Ratings
22% Mixed
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11% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 18 User Ratings
7.4
67% Positive
12 Ratings
22% Mixed
4 Ratings
11% Negative
2 Ratings

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9
Filmgoer
Apr 30, 2013
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.
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BrianGibbons992
Apr 29, 2013
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!
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50
Apr 25, 2013
Arthur Newman is an old story and chronically, consistently uninvolving.
By Claudia Puig FULL REVIEW
50
Apr 23, 2013
Two lost souls on the highway of life — that’s what a well-acted but benign little trifle called Arthur Newman is about.
By Rex Reed FULL REVIEW
40
Apr 28, 2013
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.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
40
Apr 22, 2013
Firth and Blunt make a strange couple, and Ariola a musicvideo helmer making his feature debut, should have devoted more time to making the chemistry work than to sustaining the melancholy mood.
By Peter Debruge FULL REVIEW
20
Apr 22, 2013
The flat-out dullness of Arthur is the point of Dante Ariola's debut feature, but it's also its undoing.
By Henry Barnes FULL REVIEW
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8
Nafziger
Apr 29, 2013
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.
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LeZee
Jul 30, 2017
Arthur Newman's obviously trying to be a new man! I like this kind of films to watch occasionally. I am not talking about the story, but the type of comedy. Like two unusual characters go on a ride and each one set to rediscover themselves. This one was a bit more than that. It tells the story of a divorced man who is not happy with his life, so decides to fake his death and take up a new identity to live somewhere else. Then he meets a woman who is throwing up her life for nothing. Now these two join hands for an unexpected adventure to an unknown destination. Well, they head towards with an intention, but without the plan to accomplish in a way. Very fun, but not like loudly laughable or even with a little smile. You will get that while you watch it. Both the British actors played the American role, but still with the British accent. They were good, I liked their combo, as well as the characters. The film was enjoyable, but something says it's not all well. It's not the production or the screenplay, or even the directional inexperience. It could be the thematic which was like from pre 60s or 70s. I bet you will remember the title 'Sullivan's Travels' and other similar. Basically, it is not comparable with others, but feels familiar with how everything was developed. So it is not for everyone, but some people might think it is very good. I stand in-between, but I don't know you are one of those, so why not try it and decide yourself. 6/10
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adhamhany
Feb 16, 2014
Thanks in large to the convincing performances of its leads, and despite the incoherent story elements, this is a good movie about running away to be somebody you're not, and finally growing up.
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Production Company Vertebra Films, Cross Creek Pictures, Talent One
Release Date Apr 26, 2013
Duration 1 h 33 m
Rating R
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Tagline If you don't have a life, get someone else's.
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Awards

Torino Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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