An aging Hollywood star, Joe Scott, lives a life of narcissistic hedonism, observed by his laconic personal assistant, Ophelia. The death of his childhood best friend, Boots, takes our protagonist, and the movie, into an extended flashback to a sea-side town in 1970s Britain.
Flashbacks of a Fool has generally received mixed reviews.
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Flashbacks of a Fool was released in 2008 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 291 reviews, giving Flashbacks of a Fool (2008) an average rating of 60%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 68%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 53%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Flashbacks of a Fool than critics were.
With a score of 60%, Flashbacks of a Fool is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2008, which stands at 56%.
Other movies from 2008 with similar scores include films like Eagle Eye, Speed Racer and Brideshead Revisited.
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