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- 2002
- R
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 1 h 45 m
- 2002
- R
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 1 h 45 m
Summary This absorbing glimpse into the colorful life, and mysterious death, of actor Bob Crane is also a fascinating chronicle of American male sexual identity in the 60's and 70's. [Sony Pictures Classics]
Directed By: Paul Schrader
Written By: Robert Graysmith, Michael Gerbosi
- 2002
- R
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 1 h 45 m
- 2002
- R
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 1 h 45 m
Auto Focus
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8.1
Where to Watch
Summary This absorbing glimpse into the colorful life, and mysterious death, of actor Bob Crane is also a fascinating chronicle of American male sexual identity in the 60's and 70's. [Sony Pictures Classics]
Directed By: Paul Schrader
Written By: Robert Graysmith, Michael Gerbosi
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 36 Critic Reviews
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69% Positive
25 Reviews
25 Reviews
25% Mixed
9 Reviews
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6% Negative
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2 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 36 Critic Reviews
66
69% Positive
25 Reviews
25 Reviews
25% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
6% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Michael Gerbosi's script might have reduced Crane to a clueless cliche were it not for the bruised humanity that Greg Kinnear brings to the role. Kinnear is dynamite.
Schrader's strongest movie since "Affliction," is another meditation on American masculinity powerfully told with great wit and style.
Is Auto Focus a cautionary tale or just a morbid, voyeuristic foray into kitsch and kink? Whatever it is, it's not pretty - it's the cinematic equivalent of soiled, stained sheets. You'll want to run out of the theater straight to a Laundromat.
The inventive performances -- keep this story interesting in spite of its puritanical framework.
Uplifting? Not bloody likely. Mesmerizing? Very, thanks to Greg Kinnear's eerie performance as Crane and director Paul Schrader's lucid depiction of the character's happy-go-lucky descent into hell.
Auto Focus doesn't really go anywhere, but then neither does any form of obsessive-compulsive behavior -- which may be Schrader's point.
Perhaps it is a shame that no one thought of digitally restoring and theatrically releasing the sex videos that Crane made with the many women he pleasured...that would have been far more entertaining than anything found in Auto Focus.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 31 User Ratings
8.1
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User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 31 User Ratings
8.1
84% Positive
26 Ratings
26 Ratings
3% Mixed
1 Rating
1 Rating
13% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
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Production Company
Focus Puller Inc.,
Good Machine,
Propaganda Films
Release Date Oct 18, 2002
Duration 1 h 45 m
Rating R
Tagline A day without sex is a day wasted.
Awards
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
• 2 Nominations
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
• 1 Nomination
San Sebastián International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
