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      A Life in the Theatre

      TV-PG 1993 1h 36m Drama List
      Reviews David Mamet's backstage drama follows two actors (Jack Lemmon, Matthew Broderick) working through a season of repertory plays. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member For dealing with such an emotion-drenched profession as the theatre, this film is surprisingly bloodless and clinical. I'm not sure that opening up the stage production had the desired effect, as it creates a world in which Broderick and Lemmon talk pretty much only to each other; an abstract truth, perhaps, but a convention that stifles more than it illuminates. As for the performances, Broderick doesn't do much more than hold his own (which, against a pro like Lemmon, is no small achievement. Meanwhile, the film's chief delight is watching Lemmon in his various "stage" appearances. In some of these, whatever scenery is left standing is covered with bite marks -- good fun. Overall, though, the experience was marginally more enjoyable than sorting clothes. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Solid little made-for-tv film. The story is slight and basic but it is a pleasure to see the actors in top form. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Actor on the rise and actor on decline talk a lot about the life in the theatre. A bit slow (actually, I found it boring). First the younger seems like he wants to learn from the older, then he seems to want to feel like he is the "new hot thing" and dismisses the old guy, who went from proud teacher to jealous has-been, the they star oscillating until they get some sort of equilibrium. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis David Mamet's backstage drama follows two actors (Jack Lemmon, Matthew Broderick) working through a season of repertory plays.
      Director
      Gregory Mosher
      Screenwriter
      David Mamet
      Rating
      TV-PG
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Mar 22, 2016
      Runtime
      1h 36m
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