Auto Focus

  • 2002


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$ 2 Million
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Positive Reviews 40
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Average Rating 3.6/5
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3.8
Life itself is photographed all lemony and crisp in these early scenes; Kinnear loosens his big, dangerous to trust smile to its hap happiest, least i .. EW
4.5
The characters flamboyant wardrobe and stylized gestures are pure sensory delights. Austin Chronicle
3.8
These moments seemingly emphasize the comfort of their friendship and, in a way, become the films most romantic moments.
5.0
President Trumps statement on Justice Department official Bruce Ohr came as more than a dozen former senior U.S. intelligence officials signed a lette ..
3.0
104mins Director Paul Schrader mixes a potentially lethal cocktail of sex, celebrity and scandal in Auto Focus, a solid, absorbing but far from comple .. Screen Daily
4.0
The set and art direction are superb, evoking Sixties and Seventies decor with a dazzling precision.
3.8
Dafoe, perfectly cast with his gaunt, Gila monster face, captures the groveling Carpenter and provides an ideal foil to Kinnears college boy affabilit .. San Francisco Chronicle
4.0
In 1964, Bob Crane (Greg Kinnear) is sitting pretty with a very successful career as a popular Los Angeles radio host.He and his strict Catholic wife .. Spirituality And Practice
3.2
What makes the film seem special even if its ordinary, are the creative performances by the leads. Sover
3.8
Unsentimental, non glamorized, and unclouded by the usual overlay of rose colored nostalgia, this is a raw but rewarding motion picture. ReelViews
3.5
Auto Focus is a fascinating tale, but Cranes blandness gives the film a curiously hollow heart.
3.1
But despite some great performances, Affliction never really takes off. Reel Film Reviews
2.8
But good films must do more than present a litany of historical details. Eric Ds Nider
2.0
The duos mantra (a day without sex is a day wasted), their chilly exploits and Cranes downfall are not sensationalized but delivered with a sort of un .. News Review
3.3
To pull off such an unsavory tale, a filmmaker needs a strong cast and good performances from them, and Schrader pretty much gets that from his. Screen It
4.0
The View London Review out ofstarsRunning time:mins Decent biopic with impressive period detail and great performances from both Kinnear and Dafoe.Wri .. View London
3.8
On one level, its an unsettling biopic and an acerbic look at a bygone media age. Cs Monitor
3.5
Thats a shame, because Rita Wilson and Maria Bello both deliver excellent performances worthy of more screen time. Film Journal International ..
2.5
Auto Focus offers further proof that a well acted, well intentioned movie can be every bit as unwatchable as a film that is poorly acted and poorly co .. Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
3.0
The script is also occasionally just too precious in its attempts to score easy laughs on the now quite crude cutting edge technology of the era it de .. Mountain X
4.0
is played with a touching, eager to please obliviousness by Greg Kinnear. Toronto Star
3.5
After Crane hooks the women with his fame and charm, Carpenter provides the expertise to document their orgies.Believe me, its not a pretty sight. Reel Talk Reviews
4.4
Sicario: Day of the Soldado Throughout Sicario: Day of the Soldado, characters talk about things needing to be clean, which pretty much means that a l .. Q Network
4.0
This is a very interesting and compelling, but ultimately one dimensional and superficial look into the life of Bob Crane. Cinema Crazed
4.0
The film does have several highlights and there are scenes of great interest, great verve in performances and audacious humour, but it can make you re ..
4.0
The descent into squalor isnt well paced a fact ill masked with a clunky voiceover and the final sequence suggests a mystery its hard to care about.Bu .. Bbc
2.5
The film is a rousing entertainment with catchy music and terrific choreography; its just that the Bollywood touches are made all the more palatable f .. Mr Brown Movies
4.0
The Curse of La Llorona cast members Raymond Cruz, Patricia Velasquez and Linda Cardellini, along with director Michael Chaves, share some personal La .. Calendar Live
3.5
In Auto Focus, writer director Paul Schrader tells Cranes sordid story as another of his in your face cautionary morality tales, very much in the love .. Seattle Pi
1.0
This film is about the sexual addiction of Crane and Carpenter but it cant bring itself to show them in all their glory.It seems to me that if you wan .. Tony Medley
3.1
Unless Bob Crane is someone of particular interest to you, this films impressive performances and adept direction arent likely to leave a lasting impr .. Spliced Wire
4.0
Even for Paul Schrader, that avid and obsessive student of losers, the late, unlamented Bob Crane poses a challenge.As portrayed in Schraders new film .. La Weekly
3.8
For example, whenever I go to the bank, the teller requires my passport or driver licenses.I have never felt unhappy about such a request. Kansas City
5.0
The movies precise vision draws laughter, sadness and profundity all at once as it weaves American sexual mores, advances in video technology, dangero .. The Filmy Ap
4.4
Rita Wilson and Maria Bello shine as Cranes two wives and Kurt Fuller does about the best Werner Klemperer youll ever see. Big Picture Big Sound
4.0
The movies themes are aptly captured in the double entendre of the title, suggesting both Cranes narcissism and the video technology that abets it...a .. News Week
3.8
The pattern is wearisome, but Schrader has the wherewithal to produce something fresh with it: most notably Cranes fascination with video. Flip Side Archive
2.5
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3.1
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3.5
This allows the film to examine the themes of star worship and sexual obsession without other details scrambling for the spot light. Films Nobs
3.8
Kinnear is better here than hes ever been thanks to his ample, dopey charm, even if hes more likable in the voiceovers than he is during the films act .. Movie Martyr
2.5
While the disconcerting visual style and the long, dull stretches that cover the same ground over and over again did not work for me, I will say that .. Fantastic A Daily
5.0
Along with director Paul Schrader ... Kinnear turns what could have been an exploitative, big screen True Hollywood Story into a fascinating and compa .. Suburban Chicago News
3.8
All published materials contained herein are owned by their respective authors and cannot be reprinted, either in their entirety or in selection, with .. Cinema Phile 2010 Blog Spo ..
3.8
So its just a whole gradual arc, the world becoming less stable, less predictable..Certainly no one could have predicted that a biography of a minor, .. About Film
3.5
I was sorry when I learned that Michaels, the well known childrens hair cutting salon at Madison Avenue and 90th Street, went out of business recently .. Ny Observer
1.5
Indian Trail Sun Valley QB Sam Howell, nearing several N.C. passing records, says hes a much better quarterback than a year ago when he led the Sparta .. Charlotte



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