The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

  • 2004


MOVIE IS magical unsettling convoluted romantic unsympathetic
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69 % Fresh
$ 1 Million
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Positive Reviews 9
Negative reviews 4
Average Rating 2.9/5
magical unsettling convoluted romantic unsympathetic

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1.5
Sustains interest most of the way, but combination of an unsympathetic central figure and patchy recreation of events involving numerous famous people .. Variety
3.0
As a showcase for Geoffrey Rush, though, Life and Death is more than worthwhile. E Film Critic
3.5
This is a funny, romantic and ultimately tragic story that feels a little stretched and episodic. Shadows On The Wall
4.5
The artsy sides of the film with the slow motion, out of film sequences, hazy dreamy love scenes and everything else isnt all that necessary and reall .. Cinema Crazed
4.5
Geoffrey Rush works hard to deliver this convoluted, complicated and self destructive comic actor, and succeeds in every emotional, psychological way. ..
3.0
This proves involving, unsettling, and emotionally alienating; its hard to care about anyone here. Bbc
3.8
The best biopic youre likely to see this year wont be coming to a theater near you. IGN Movies
3.0
Evokes more Michael Jackson than magical whimsey. Director Marc Forster knows better than to rely on emotional manipulation like he does here. Films Nobs
1.5
The film makes you care so little for its subject that you might be compelled to turn it off were it not for Rushs valiant mimicry. Web Archive
2.8
There was no real Peter Sellers... As a theme, it smells of the tired cop out, somewhere in the same clubhouse of desiccated phrases as I love you, bu .. Nicks Flick Picks
3.5
It has all of the ingredients to be a cunning interrogation of the form of a biopic, a listless, unenjoyably prescriptive embodiment of the same, and .. Reviews Antagony Ecstasy
1.5
But hes a true film fan, too, asking pertinent questions of Fight Club director David Fincher. Hartford Courant
1.5
The film is awash with psychedelic visuals, 60s cinematography and a dizzying mishmash of devices reminiscent of iconic films like Dr. Strangelove and .. Seattle Post-Intelligencer ..



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