Best Sellers

Name: Best Sellers
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: September 17, 2021
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 54
Cast: Alexandra Petrachuk, Aubrey Plaza, Cary Elwes, Elana Dunkelman, Ellen Wong

2021

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Screen Media Films | Release Date: September 17, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: Alexandra Petrachuk, Aubrey Plaza, Cary Elwes, Elana Dunkelman, Ellen Wong, Frank Schorpion, Michael Caine, Scott Speedman, Veronica Ferres, Victoria Sanchez

Summary: In a last-ditch effort to save the boutique publishing house her father has left her, an ambitious young editor (Aubrey Plaza) goes on a book tour with a bitter, booze-addled author (Michael Caine) who put the publishing house on the map decades ago.

Director: Lina Roessler

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 102 min

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Guy Lodge

Sep 5, 2021

Its portrait of an easy-target industry goes soft just when it needs a little added spine, while the film’s abrupt tonal transitions from jaunty comedy to cross-generational weepie occasionally come at the expense of the characters’ own credibility. But it’s the overarching niceness of “Best Sellers” that sees it through. Read full review

Jim Slotek

Sep 14, 2021

Its script is undercooked and veers in random directions from its simple premise. But it has a heart, and two likeable leads who work well together. Read full review

Andrew Crump

Sep 17, 2021

Most of Best Sellers’ problems have to do with structure instead of performance, so there’s not much that Plaza and Caine can do. They’re stymied by the writing and constricted by the direction. Read full review

Hoai-Tran Bui

Sep 17, 2021

Though you can see its twists coming from a mile away, Caine and Plaza's oddball dynamic and Roessler's visually stimulating direction makes "Best Sellers" a movie that's diverting enough to cozy up with. Read full review

The Telegraph Tim Robey

Nov 4, 2021

As an undemanding pas de deux, it’s sweet enough. Read full review

The Film Stage Jared Mobarak

Sep 13, 2021

Its mere existence is a win, though. As is its ability to galvanize Lucy and Shaw’s relationship to help steer them through a third act that resonates on a frequency the rest couldn’t approach. It’s a testament to Plaza and Caine’s performances, too, since they are finally able to shake free of the hyperbolic hamming and prove why they were cast in the first place. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Nov 4, 2021

It is mainly a rather silly high-concept dramedy intercut with maudlin moments, and the sentimental keynote inevitably dominates by the end. Read full review

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MGKamau

Sep 19, 2021

This movie was extremely well written and directed. The story is plausible and the scenarios are convincing. The brilliance in this movie are all the curveballs and twists that you just don't see coming. It is heart wrenching, funny, irreverent, embarrassing and delightful.

It buildsThis movie was extremely well written and directed. The story is plausible and the scenarios are convincing. The brilliance in this movie are all the curveballs and twists that you just don't see coming. It is heart wrenching, funny, irreverent, embarrassing and delightful.

It builds logically and intelligently until you are so engrossed that you are sure that you know about what is going to happen next. You are going to be wrong....

Anyone who has rated this movie poorly has only watched the trailer. The 'Best Sellers' movie is excellent!

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