The Player
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- Synopsis
- Robert Altman takes a scalpel to Hollywood ethics in the 1990s (or the lack thereof) in his acidic satire The Player, adapted from Michael Tolkin's novel. (Tolkin also wrote the screenplay....
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- Starring
- Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward, Whoopi Goldberg, Peter Gallagher
- Director(s)
- Robert Altman
- Distributor(s)
- Fine Line Features
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 123 min.
Critic Reviews
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Washington Post | Hal HinsonAdd Critic to Favorites
The film, which begins with a single, gorgeously sustained eight-minute camera move, is blissfully out of touch with contemporary trends in moviemaking...surprising, both in style and narrative.Read the full review
Washington Post | Desson ThomsonAdd Critic to Favorites
A rare commodity. It's brilliant and a guilty pleasure. A subtle damning of things Hollywood, Robert Altman's seriocomedy slices its target with a thousand, imperceptible razor cuts.Read the full review
Entertainment Weekly | Owen GleibermanAdd Critic to Favorites
The film is sublime entertainment, at once ticklish and suspenseful, cynical and sincere. By its very existence, Altman's comedy about the death of Hollywood lets you know that movies are still alive and kicking.Read the full review
