The Great Role
Metascore
43 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 10 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 10
  3. Negative: 4 out of 10
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  1. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Steven Rea
    75
    A comedy about friendship, faith and the acting life, Le Grand Role is unabashedly corny and tear-jerking - and still quite likable.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    70
    It is a most tender love story, first and foremost, and a warm, affectionately humorous depiction of Kurz's close-knit Jewish friends and colleagues.
  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Eddie Cockrell
    70
    Predictable yet charming, The Grand Role is a crowd-pleasing dramatic comedy about love, friendship, role-playing and Jewish pride.
  4. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Anita Gates
    60
    Mr. Coyote, who appears to be playing Steven Spielberg and steals every scene he is in.
  5. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Marta Barber
    50
    A good story, but its potential is never realized.
  6. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Tasha Robinson
    40
    A short and soppy story that Coyote lends some dignity, but not much power.
  7. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jami Bernard
    38
    Director and co-writer Steve Suissa misses every opportunity to go deeper, either for laughs or pathos.
  8. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Kyle Smith
    38
    A shaky effort to make a point about art triumphing over all.
  9. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ella Taylor
    30
    Half a notch above a vanity project, this chipper little number by French director Steve Suissa offers a deadly combination of shamelessness, narcissism and schoolboy comedy.
  10. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: David Ng
    30
    Chuckle-worthy jabs at American cultural imperialism aside, Le Grand Rôle has little to offer except a maudlin love story that ironically feels like a Tinseltown tearjerker facsimile.

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  1. steviop.
    8
    Amusing film about a tight knit group of Jewish French actors living in Paris. A tradegy-comedy which has its moving moments. Give it a go.
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