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Best Sellers

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Best Sellers

Released Sep 17, 2021

1h 40m

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Lucy Standbridge (Aubrey Plaza) has inherited her father's publishing house, and the ambitious would-be editor has nearly sunk it with failing titles. She discovers she is owed a book by Harris Shaw (Michael Caine), a reclusive, cantankerous, booze-addled author who originally put the company on the map decades earlier. In a last-ditch effort to save the company, Lucy and Harris release his new book and embark on a book tour from hell that changes them both in ways they didn't expect.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Mainly the film is silly and unlikely... which is a shame because Caine can still bring it.

Rated: 2/5

Nov 3, 2021

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Tim Robey

Daily Telegraph (UK)

As an undemanding pas de deux, it's sweet enough.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 21, 2021

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Danny Leigh

Financial Times

Rather than bounce off each other, Plaza and Caine slide defeated side-by-side down the face of the movie.

Rated: 2/5

Oct 14, 2021

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Marya E. Gates

Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack)

Plaza and Caine have wonderfully acerbic chemistry together and Roessler proves herself to be not only a great actor’s director, but has a great eye for composition as well.

Feb 13, 2024

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Marcelo Stiletano

La Nación (Argentina)

Luckily, the convincing performances disguise some of the film's vacillations. Especially Caine, who transforms his physical limitations into a permanent asset. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 3/5

Oct 2, 2023

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Nadine Whitney

Mr. Movie's Film Blog

Best Sellers is a film that does little to challenge and little to offend, and therein lies its central problem. There is just a sense of missed opportunities to really dive into something with much more wit and bite.

Rated: 2.5/5

Sep 17, 2023

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Michael G. Kamau

This movie was extremely well written and directed. The story is plausible and the scenarios are convincing. The brilliance in this movie are all the curveballs and twists that you just don't see coming. It is heart wrenching, funny, irreverent, embarrassing and delightful. It builds logically and intelligently until you are so engrossed that you are sure that you know about what is going to happen next. You are going to be wrong.... Anyone who has rated this movie poorly has only watched the trailer. The 'Best Sellers' movie is excellent! MGKamau

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/20/21

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Audience Member

Glad I ignored the poor ratings and watched this film. If you like Aubrey Plaza, you'll enjoy it. Michael Caine was outstanding, as usual.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/03/25

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Rosana B

Um tanto longo e entendiante, porém profundo e subjetivo, relacionamentos mal resolvidos tendem a gerar problemas insolucionáveis com o passar do tempo, tempo esse, considerado perdido… Michael Caine adorável como um idoso ranzinza mal-humorado, roteiro gostosinho, embora mais lento do que devesse ser, com plot twist tendencioso, porém satisfatório, dando uma quebrada no ritmo lento… Uma comédia dramática cult, com contorno saudosista, e cheirinho de antiquado, e crítica ao instangramável...

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

07/28/24

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S. S

Enjoyed watching this film and appreciated the dynamic between Aubrey Plaza and Michael Caine. Worth watching once.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/03/24

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Douglas B

Damned with faint praise: it wasn't a waste of time. Plot was just so so and probably the weakest part. Plaza was good, I thought, but Caine was really good. It could have slipped into cliche for an elderly actor to play a crotchety old man but he pulled it off. He would have been forgiven for mailing it in, but he didn't. Do my take: two actors making the best of what was handed to them.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

12/14/23

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Rob W

The plot was predictable and the script lamentable, with repeated and boring use of one faux swearword, which for obvious reasons I will not use. A truly awful film.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

09/23/23

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Synopsis

Lucy Standbridge (Aubrey Plaza) has inherited her father's publishing house, and the ambitious would-be editor has nearly sunk it with failing titles. She discovers she is owed a book by Harris Shaw (Michael Caine), a reclusive, cantankerous, booze-addled author who originally put the company on the map decades earlier. In a last-ditch effort to save the company, Lucy and Harris release his new book and embark on a book tour from hell that changes them both in ways they didn't expect.

Director: Lina Roessler
Producer: Cassian Elwes, Arielle Elwes, Jonathan Vanger, Wayne Marc Godfrey, Pierre Even
Screenwriter: Anthony Grieco
Distributor: Screen Media Films
Production Co: Item 7, Wishing Tree Productions
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 17, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 17, 2021
Runtime: 1h 40m

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