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1 day ago · In its arch pettiness and deep well of theatre geekery, the film cheekily played on the push-pull of artists and their observers in such a fashion as to seem gift-wrapped for both. With this newer ...
1 day ago · Beautifully lit and lovingly framed, director Anand Tucker obviously respects the setting of her film and captures the time period with grace and warmth. If only the script would have allowed Ian McKellen’s Jimmy Erskine to spring to life as viscerally as his words, The Critic could have been a revelation. Performances - 6.5. Screenplay - 4.
5 days ago · The Critic is set in 1930s London with Ian McKellen playing Jimmy Erskine, a caustic theatre writer whose poisonous putdowns spiral into a devious plot of blackmail and murder. “It’s a rattling good tale and a wonderful character,” McKellen says. “Yes, he’s a bit of a villain but like many villains he’s very attractive.”
2 days ago · Parents need to know that The Critic is a British period crime drama set in 1930s London, and stars Sir Ian McKellen as a powerful theater critic who pulls a struggling actress (Gemma Arterton) into a deadly blackmail plot when his position at the top is threatened. There's strong language, including "f--k," "s--t," and "bastard," and "queer" is used as a homophobic slur, as well as "sodomite."
2 hours ago · The Critic (15) Film Review from LondonNet. Sir Ian McKellen makes merry as an embittered theatre reviewer, notorious for bile-slathered diatribes and occasionally cruel quips about an actor’s appearance, in director Anand Tucker’s efficient 1930s-set thriller. Adapted by Patrick Marber from Anthony Quinn’s 2015 novel Curtain Call, The ...
2 days ago · Film Review: THE CRITIC. Ian McKellen's latest film role is a caustic theatre critic who gets entangled in a web of lies. The Irish writer Brendan Behan described critics as “eunuchs in a harem ...
2 days ago · Book TicketsPlay Trailer. Jimmy Erskine (Ian McKellen) is the most feared and famous theatre critic in 1930s London, saving his most savage takedowns for Nina Land (Gemma Arterton), an already unsure leading lady. He takes pleasure in ritually tearing her down, a practice that has further eroded her fragile sense of confidence.