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- In director Barry Levinson’s bracing film version of Philip Roth’s 2009 novel, Pacino plays Simon Axler, an aging star who can’t remember his lines, falls into the pit during a Broadway performance of As You Like It, enters rehab with thoughts of suicide, and on release returns to his Connecticut home to find what he thinks is love and a new life with Pageen (a sly, stellar Greta Gerwig), a much younger woman who happens to be a lesbian.
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The Humbling is a 2014 comedy-drama film directed by Barry Levinson and written by Buck Henry and Michal Zebede, based on the 2009 novel of the same name by Philip Roth. The film stars Al Pacino, Greta Gerwig, Dianne Wiest, Nina Arianda, Dylan Baker, Charles Grodin, Dan Hedaya, Billy Porter, Kyra Sedgwick, and Mary Louise Wilson.
“The Humbling” is based on Philip Roth’s 2009 novel of the same name, and in typical Roth fashion, it features an older man and a younger woman in a relationship which may seem ill-advised and even toxic, but provides some fulfillment for both parties in unusual ways.
Sep 6, 2014 · Based on a novel by the revered chronicler of male malaise Philip Roth, The Humbling tells the story of an actor in decline—pushing 70 and seemingly losing his grip on both his profession and his...
The Humbling: Directed by Barry Levinson. With Al Pacino, Greta Gerwig, Nina Arianda, Charles Grodin. A stage actor who is slowly losing his mind engages in a relationship with a sexually confused younger woman.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Barry Levinson
- 2015-01-23
Aug 29, 2014 · Venice Film Review: ‘The Humbling’. A celebrated actor faces the final curtain — on stage and off — in Al Pacino and Barry Levinson's quirky take on Philip Roth's penultimate novel.
Jan 21, 2015 · The deepest meaning of The Humbling is its insistence that authenticity—in life and in art—is a matter of life and death. Categories: Deep Focus, Reviews. Always on: Al Pacino's bravura performance as an actor of a certain age fuels the offbeat humor in Barry Levinson's Philip Roth adaptation.
Jan 29, 2015 · The Humbling is a dark dazzler shot through with mirth and delicious malice. But be warned. It is not Roth’s novel. Pacino and Levinson, who collaborated brilliantly on HBO’s Dr. Kevorkian...
