A so-so documentary about a fascinating personality, Salinger has moments of insight but is too often bogged down by reenactments and a lack of attention to the man's actual writings.
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Movie Info
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Director -
Shane Salerno -
Producer -
Shane Salerno , Buddy Squires , Deborah Randall , Craig Fanning -
Screenwriter -
Shane Salerno -
Distributor -
Weinstein Co. -
Production Co -
The Story Factory -
Rating -
PG-13 (Smoking|Disturbing War Images|Thematic Elements) -
Genre -
Documentary -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Sep 6, 2013, Limited -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Dec 5, 2016 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$575.8K -
Runtime -
2h 9m