Salinger

Name: Salinger
Genre: Documentary
Released: September 6, 2013
Duration: 120 min
Rating: 40
Cast: Edward Norton, John Cusack, Judd Apatow, Martin Sheen, Philip Seymour Hoffman

2013

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SALINGER

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Weinstein Company, The | Release Date: September 6, 2013

Starring: Edward Norton, John Cusack, Judd Apatow, Martin Sheen, Philip Seymour Hoffman

Summary: A feature documentary on the formative personal and professional experiences of the reclusive author J.D. Salinger.

Director: Shane Salerno

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 120 min

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The Playlist - Chris Willman

Sep 3, 2013

Given that this isn’t the extended TV mini-series that the subject deserves, Salinger does an effective job of making the writer seem alternately more mundane and more mysterious, almost at the same time. Read full review

USA Today - Claudia Puig

Sep 6, 2013

Insightful gems are unearthed throughout the flawed but engrossing Salinger,a much-anticipated documentary about the author of The Catcher in the Rye. Read full review

St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Joe Williams

Sep 19, 2013

This documentary reconstructing the life of the ultimate cult author is like a three-act thriller, and the character at the center of the story is a mute man of mystery. Salinger would have recognized the irony, even as he hated the film for invading his privacy. Read full review

Austin Chronicle - Marjorie Baumgarten

Sep 18, 2013

Salerno spends more time talking to photographers with telephoto lenses who, over the decades, laid in wait for Salinger in the hope of capturing a grainy picture, than he does talking to literary analysts and historians. Read full review

Chicago Tribune - Michael Phillips

Sep 22, 2013

Salerno blows little more than smoke in this one, especially near the end, when we get to the maybe-probably-sort-ofs regarding the maybe-probably-possibly full vault of unpublished work. Read full review

Washington Post - Stephanie Merry

Sep 19, 2013

While some of the stories are interesting, the film is much longer than it needs to be. For his part, Salerno tries to get creative with solutions for the lack of visual stimuli, but most attempts fail. Read full review

Slate - Dana Stevens

Sep 5, 2013

That mystery is certainly hardy enough to withstand the voyeuristic onslaught of this self-aggrandizing, lurid documentary, which leaves the viewer feeling that we’ve been given a tour of Salinger’s septic tank in hip waders without ever getting to knock on his door and say hello. Read full review

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Thegodfatherson

Sep 13, 2013

I thought that Salerno's story was great. A topic about a mysterious author- JD.Salinger. Now, this was a mystery that's loopholes finally opened. This documentary is refreshing. It's works and Shane Salreno directs fully good. Must watch! How about a movie of Lemony Snicket, eh? IAM LOOKINGI thought that Salerno's story was great. A topic about a mysterious author- JD.Salinger. Now, this was a mystery that's loopholes finally opened. This documentary is refreshing. It's works and Shane Salreno directs fully good. Must watch! How about a movie of Lemony Snicket, eh? IAM LOOKING AT YOU MICHEAL MOORE. But Salinger got boring very easily its good story made its a boring craft but the movie only runs on one bar. It's not easy but its effective.… Expand

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