Man in the Chair

  • 2008


MOVIE IS intentioned cinematic aspiring nostalgic idealistic
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51 %
49 % Rotten
$ 0 Million
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Positive Reviews 8
Negative reviews 6
Average Rating 2.6/5
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1.5
And there is a stunt involving gasoline that is way too far over the top.Christopher Plummer is a superb actor. Rogerebert
2.5
A fair to middling contemporary fantasy drama that, despite its surfeit of flashy effects, is mildly charming in the way it addresses the injustice of .. Time Out
2.5
For its first 45 minutes or so, and intermittently thereafter, Michael Schroeders Man in the Chair feels, annoyingly, like a film school project. San Francisco Chronicle
2.0
Theres no denying that Schroeders gutsily nostalgic comedy has its heart in the right place.
2.5
In this documentary tribute, filmmaker Raymond De Felitta meets up with Paris as hes planning a comeback in his late 70s and sets out to solve the mys .. Ny Daily News
2.2
The one thing this film got right was when one of its characters said It doesnt take talent to make a movie in Hollywood. Sover
2.5
Unlike most aspiring filmmakers his age, Cameron loves old movies and would much rather catch a matinee of a classic Hollywood film at the Beverly Cin .. Tv Guide
3.0
Surely, there must be more to making movies than to make the audience suffer for the sake of somebodys notion of cinematic art.This is a celebration o .. Lariat
3.0
Similarly, it attempts to tweak the heartstrings with a subplot about abuse in Old Peoples Homes (the subject of Camerons film) which never quite come .. View London
1.9
Its a cute idea that a better filmmaker than writer director Michael Schroeder could have done a lot with. New York Post
1.5
Schroeders heart is in the right place, but his cinematic taste is unfortunately elsewhere. Film Journal International ..
3.0
While Man in the Chair earns some sympathy for its willingness to spotlight how youth obsessed Hollywood and America society are, the movies well inte .. Emanuellevy
4.0
The story of an idealistic youth learning about the world from an elderly mentor is an old one, but this film uses powerful characterisation and a fin .. Eye For Film
3.0
I needed a fresh one for 07.So thanks, Cinema; you always provide the stupidest thing at just the right moment. Movies
3.0
Best of these is M. Emmet Walsh, on fine tear jerking form as a blocked screenwriter living in appalling squalor. Bbc
3.5
Movies offer us wildly divergent stories with vivid, close up emotions, and so did the six fimmakers we invited to take part in the Envelope Directors .. Calendar Live
2.0
This attempt to make a film is about a guy who is attempting to make a film. Varia Gate
3.5
The money is required to finance a student film documentary, being shot over the Christmas break for entry into a film scholarship yielding contest. James Wegg Review



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