Me and Orson Welles

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Audience Member 2.9/5 nice period price Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 09/23/21 Full Review camille l Comme d'habitude, Richard Linklater n'a besoin que d'une petite idée toute bête pour réaliser un film tout à fait remarquable. Ici, il parle d'une rencontre entre Orson Welles (Christian McKay est formidable) et un comédien de théâtre aux dents longues joué par un excellent Zac Efron. Et il arrive, de fil en aiguille, avec des dialogues ciselés, des seconds rôles maîtrisés et surtout une virtuosité dans le coming-of-age movie à nous intéresser à cette rencontre. Me & Orson Welles ne rentrera jamais dans les annales mais en temps que tel, c'est un film tout à fait sympathique, à l'image de son auteur. Très belle surprise. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review dave s Me and Orson Welles is odd in the sense that everything in the film seems to be dwarfed, to the obvious detriment of the movie, by a single performance. Christian McKay is spectacular as Orson Welles, capturing virtually every nuance of the mercurial force that Welles was, the pompous but brilliant and inspirational actor and director. While the film focuses on budding actor Richard (Zac Efron) and his love for both the theatre and his co-worker Sonja (Claire Danes), the only scenes that truly elevate above the mundane are those where Welles is present. Sure, the movie has nice period details and is an interesting look at Welles' Mercury Theatre, but is ultimately pretty forgettable, with the exception of McKay's electric performance. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member McKay's performance is as golden and virtuosic as the man he portrays, yet I can't help but feel he's miscast in a way that completely alters Welles' dynamic with the rest of the Mercury, solely on account of the fact that McKay is 15 years senior to the 22yo historical figure being played. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Uncanny portrayal of the young Orson Welles. Oh, and Linklater is a genius. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member Many don't love this, and I always feel tentative about recommending it, but it's basically a dialogue movie that gives a fly-on-the-wall view of Orson Welles as a stage director at the Mercury Theatre. Specifically, it illustrates his textbook narcissism in a way that's both instructive and (in my opinion) sensitive from a mental health perspective. It also does a beautiful job of capturing that starry-eyed feeling of a young person setting out on life in the big world. In that way it's similar to Almost Famous, which admittedly is probably a better movie, but I don't care; they're different. The last lines really stick with me. I gave my copy of this on DVD (never returned to Blockbuster, but intentionally because I loved it) to a hero of mine who I met. I don't know if he watched it. There are times when any "objective" sense of quality completely ceases to matter, because something resonates with you in a special way. This movie does that for me. I never even tried to act in or be a part of a play, because I knew I'd get terrible, unmanageable stage fright. But it's always something I admired. If you like plays, if you enjoy a movie like Birdman or Noises Off, I suspect you'll really like this too. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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