Barrymore
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  • Summary: As John Barrymore comes to terms with the ravages of his life of excess, he rents an old theatre to rehearse for a backer's audition to raise money for a revival of his 1920 Broadway triumph in Richard III.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Manohla Dargis
    Nov 14, 2012
    80
    Mr. Plummer stumbles beautifully, poignantly and often, leering and searching through a haze of memory or, with concern edged with panic, calling for "a line, a line" much as Richard III calls for a horse.
  2. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Ernest Hardy
    Nov 13, 2012
    80
    It takes a minute for the film to move beyond a kind of gilded stasis, but once it does, it - and Plummer - are riveting.
  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Betsy Sharkey
    Nov 14, 2012
    50
    Two things to keep in mind when considering Barrymore, starring Christopher Plummer as the great John B: It was brilliant as a one-man stage show; it was never a good candidate for film.
  4. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Andrew Schenker
    Nov 11, 2012
    38
    Director Erik Canuel fails to deliver us from the inevitable hermeticism of the material.

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