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  • 2009
  • R
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 50 m
  • 2009
  • R
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 50 m

Summary Running away from a troubled marriage, Kate Frazier hopes to find anonymity with a new home and a new job in Chicago. Haunted by the troubling choices he has made, Frank Logan finds a kindred spirit in the younger Kate, and for a moment, the two seem destined to redeem and remake each other. But, as events unfold and the painful truth sl...

Directed By: Michael Keaton

Written By: Ron Lazzeretti

  • 2009
  • R
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 50 m
  • 2009
  • R
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 50 m

The Merry Gentleman

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 19 Critic Reviews
55
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Summary Running away from a troubled marriage, Kate Frazier hopes to find anonymity with a new home and a new job in Chicago. Haunted by the troubling choices he has made, Frank Logan finds a kindred spirit in the younger Kate, and for a moment, the two seem destined to redeem and remake each other. But, as events unfold and the painful truth sl...

Directed By: Michael Keaton

Written By: Ron Lazzeretti

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 19 Critic Reviews
55
53% Positive
10 Reviews
26% Mixed
5 Reviews
21% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 19 Critic Reviews
55
53% Positive
10 Reviews
26% Mixed
5 Reviews
21% Negative
4 Reviews

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90
The film’s title, needless to say, has an ironic bite. One of the pleasures of The Merry Gentleman is Mr. Keaton's commitment to that bite, which never registers as cruel or gratuitous, just honest, weary, sad.
By Manohla Dargis FULL REVIEW
88
A sly and surprisingly sublime little noir romance.
By Steven Rea FULL REVIEW
75
Without her (Kelly Macdonald), the generally well-acted The Merry Gentleman would descend into terminal lugubriousness.
By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW
63
It's a very small film, undermined by a puttering rhythm and Pinter-worthy pauses in the second half and a resolution neither satisfyingly oblique nor conventionally pleasing.
By Michael Phillips FULL REVIEW
50
An overly muted and cautious piece of work. Watching it is like seeing a man ease out onto the limb of a tree, constantly testing its strength.
By Ty Burr FULL REVIEW
38
The potential for suspense is dropped (there's a subplot about the receptionist's flight from her violent husband, but he appears in only a couple of scenes) in favor of lots of hushed interludes in which nothing happens.
By Kyle Smith FULL REVIEW
30
Ms. Macdonald works modest wonders within these constraints -- she's a lovely actress, and a skilled one -- but too much is asked of her; Kate's innocence finally wilts beneath the camera's fixed gaze.
By Joe Morgenstern FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Jackson Income Fund, Merry Gentleman, South Water Pictures
Release Date May 1, 2009
Duration 1 h 50 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline A man with a secret. A woman with a past.
Website http://www.themerrygentlemanmovie.com/
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Awards

Midwest Independent Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Evening Standard British Film Awards
• 1 Nomination

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