Bob Balaban - Metacritic

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Career Overview in Movies

62 Avg. Career score

Metascore Distribution

positive

31 (57%)

mixed

15 (28%)

negative

8 (15%)

Highest Metascore

90

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Lowest Metascore

15

Movies Scores

Ghost World

Actor (as Enid's Dad)

2001

• 1 h 51 m

• R

90

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Actor (as David Laughlin)

1977

• 2 h 15 m

• PG

90

Gosford Park

Writer, Actor (as Morris Weissman), Other, Producer

2001

• 2 h 17 m

• R

90

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Actor (as M. Martin)

2014

• 1 h 40 m

• R

88

Everything Is Copy

Everything Is Copy

Other

2015

• 1 h 29 m

• TV-14

88

Capote

Actor (as William Shawn)

2005

• 1 h 54 m

• R

88

Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Producer

2018

• 1 h 46 m

• R

87

Moonrise Kingdom

Moonrise Kingdom

Actor (as The Narrator)

2012

• 1 h 34 m

• PG-13

84

Isle of Dogs

Actor (as King)

2018

• 1 h 41 m

• PG-13

82

Prince of the City

Prince of the City

Actor (as Santimassino)

1981

• 2 h 47 m

• R

81

A Mighty Wind

Actor (as Jonathan Steinbloom)

2003

• 1 h 31 m

• PG-13

81

Hitchcock/Truffaut

Hitchcock/Truffaut

Other

2015

• 1 h 19 m

• PG-13

79

Midnight Cowboy

Midnight Cowboy

Actor (as The Young Student - New York)

1969

• 1 h 53 m

• X

79

Best in Show

Actor (as Dr. Theodore W. Millbank, III)

2000

• 1 h 30 m

• PG-13

78

Asteroid City

Actor (as Larkings Executive)

2023

• 1 h 44 m

• PG-13

75

The French Dispatch

The French Dispatch

Actor (as Uncle Nick)

2021

• 1 h 47 m

• R

74

Little Man Tate

Little Man Tate

Actor (as Quizmaster)

1991

• 1 h 39 m

• PG

71

Waiting for Guffman

Waiting for Guffman

Actor (as Lloyd Miller)

1996

• 1 h 24 m

• R

71

Bob Roberts

Actor (as Michael Janes)

1992

• 1 h 42 m

• R

70

Catch-22

Actor (as Orr)

1970

• 2 h 2 m

• R

70

Eva Hesse

Other

2016

• 1 h 45 m

• PG-13

69

I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House

I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House

Actor (as Mr. Waxcap)

2016

• 1 h 27 m

•

68

For Your Consideration

For Your Consideration

Actor (as Philip Koontz)

2006

• 1 h 26 m

• PG-13

68

Alice

Actor (as Sid Moscowitz)

1990

• 1 h 46 m

• PG-13

67

Parents

Director

1989

• 1 h 21 m

• R

66

Cradle Will Rock

Cradle Will Rock

Actor (as Harry Hopkins)

1999

• 2 h 12 m

• R

64

Clockwatchers

Actor (as Milton Lasky)

1997

• 1 h 36 m

• PG-13

64

Absence of Malice

Absence of Malice

Actor (as Elliott Rosen)

1981

• 1 h 56 m

• PG

64

Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy

Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy

Other

2022

• 1 h 41 m

•

63

Howl

Actor (as Judge Clayton Horn)

2010

• 1 h 30 m

• R

63

Deconstructing Harry

Deconstructing Harry

Actor (as Richard), Other

1997

• 1 h 36 m

• R

61

Thin Ice

Actor (as Leonard Dahl)

2011

• 1 h 33 m

• R

60

Leaves of Grass

Leaves of Grass

Other

2009

• 1 h 45 m

• R

58

Fading Gigolo

Actor (as Sol)

2013

• 1 h 30 m

• R

58

Altered States

Actor (as Arthur Rosenberg)

1980

• 1 h 42 m

• R

58

Mascots

Actor (as Sol Lumpkin)

2016

• 1 h 29 m

• TV-MA

57

2010

Actor (as Dr. R. Chandra)

1984

• 1 h 56 m

• PG

53

80 for Brady

Actor (as Mark)

2023

• 1 h 38 m

• PG-13

52

The Monuments Men

The Monuments Men

Actor (as Preston Savitz)

2014

• 1 h 58 m

• PG-13

52

No Reservations

No Reservations

Actor (as Therapist)

2007

• 1 h 44 m

• PG

50

Dedication

Actor (as Arthur Planck)

2007

• 1 h 35 m

• R

50

City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold

City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold

Actor (as Dr. Jeffrey Sanborn)

1994

• 1 h 56 m

• PG-13

43

The Mexican

Actor (as Bernie Nayman)

2001

• 2 h 3 m

• R

43

Trust the Man

Actor (as Tobey's Therapist)

2005

• 1 h 43 m

• R

43

For Love or Money

For Love or Money

Actor (as Ed Drinkwater)

1993

• 1 h 36 m

• PG

42

Jakob the Liar

Actor (as Kowalsky)

1999

• 2 h

• PG-13

40

Girl Most Likely

Girl Most Likely

Actor (as Maxwell P. Duncan)

2012

• 1 h 43 m

• PG-13

38

Amos & Andrew

Actor (as Dr. R.A. 'Roy' Fink)

1993

• 1 h 36 m

• PG-13

38

Three to Tango

Actor (as Decker)

1999

• 1 h 38 m

• PG-13

36

Lady in the Water

Lady in the Water

Actor (as Harry Farber)

2006

• 1 h 50 m

• PG-13

36

The Tuxedo

Actor (as Winton Chalmers)

2002

• 1 h 38 m

• PG-13

30

The Majestic

Actor (as Elvin Clyde)

2001

• 2 h 32 m

• PG

27

License to Wed

Actor (as Jewelry Store Clerk)

2007

• 1 h 31 m

• PG-13

25

Actor (as Shelly)

2018

• 1 h 26 m

• R

15

Haymaker

Other

2021

• 1 h 23 m

•

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