The Agent

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The Agent

2009

1h 21m

Comedy

Drama

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100+ Ratings

A literary agent wheels and deals to get a decent novel out of an author.

Nikki Baughan

Little White Lies

As a piece of small-scale British filmmaking it's an interesting enough diversion.

Sep 18, 2009

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David Parkinson

Empire Magazine

A quite unsexy subject handled quite adeptly, with pretty decent performances.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 18, 2009

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Nina Caplan

Time Out

Beck does his best, and the dialogue crackles pleasantly, but he's a caricature: a lying, cheating smear of ordure who doesn't even like books. But his sin is worse than that - it's fiction's biggest. He's boring.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 18, 2009

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Neil Smith

Film4

Lesley Manning's film never shakes off its theatrical roots but still manages to be sharp, funny and engrossing.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 18, 2009

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Rob Daniel

Sky Cinema

A labour of love and principle, right down to the uncommerical ending, its message does lodge in the mind.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 18, 2009

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Simon Kinnear

Total Film

While unmistakably a stage adaptation, Martin Wagner's droll dialogue makes the cut-and-thrust reasonably dynamic, even if Wagner's barbs about the parlous state of modern publishing will surprise no one.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 18, 2009

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Audience Member

A fine concept to write a script about waffle and then place a film around it makes for a rather fun dynamic for the actors. The psychological madness portrayed is an eye opener that the actors give to the characters allowing us a look into the emotions of rejection. Gently photographed with soft lighting, allowing the words to trick one into a sense of wellbeing, which is a hoax on the mind. Nibbles: Cheese Bagel.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Audience Member

Film version of the type of stage play that really doesn't benefit from a cinematic adaptation. It's enjoyable enough but I'd always prefer to see this performed live in a theatre.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Audience Member

I didn't know about this one but I actually ended up enjoying it. The acting was good,the story kept moving and wasn't drawn out.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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Lesley Manning

Director

William Beck

Alexander Joyce

Stephen Kennedy

Stephen Parker

Maureen Lipman

Charlie

Lucy Bayler

Managing Director

Robert Bowman

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Synopsis

A literary agent wheels and deals to get a decent novel out of an author.

Director: Lesley Manning
Producer: Lesley Manning, Martin Wagner
Screenwriter: Martin Wagner
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): May 23, 2017
Runtime: 1h 21m