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- 2013
- PG-13
- The Weinstein Company
- 2 h
- 2013
- PG-13
- The Weinstein Company
- 2 h
Summary A feature documentary on the formative personal and professional experiences of the reclusive author J.D. Salinger.
Directed By: Shane Salerno
- 2013
- PG-13
- The Weinstein Company
- 2 h
- 2013
- PG-13
- The Weinstein Company
- 2 h
Salinger
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7.3
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Summary A feature documentary on the formative personal and professional experiences of the reclusive author J.D. Salinger.
Directed By: Shane Salerno
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or average
Based on 28 Critic Reviews
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29% Positive
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8 Reviews
32% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
39% Negative
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or average
Based on 28 Critic Reviews
40
29% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
32% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
39% Negative
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
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.
By turns fascinating and infuriating.
Although it is overlong, it manages to be fascinating for much of its running time. But it also disappoints on many counts, providing another example of hype outpacing actual achievement -- a syndrome that Salinger himself would probably have deplored.
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.
The ultimate invasion of its subject's privacy.
Some documentaries are an embarrassment of riches. Salinger is merely an embarrassment.
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.
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Production Company
The Story Factory
Release Date Sep 6, 2013
Duration 2 h
Rating PG-13
Genres
Tagline Uncover the mystery but don't spoil the secrets!
Awards
Golden Trailer Awards
• 1 Nomination
Women's Image Network Awards
• 1 Nomination
