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By Willie Waffle (1,383) for WaffleMovies.com (1,380) on 11 Dec 2009

McKay gives one of those performances you have to see to believe, and one that will make you want to see Me and Orson Welles again and again…

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By Sonny Bunch (405) for Washington Times (392) on 11 Dec 2009

Not quite a coming-of-age movie and not quite an examination of the early work of Orson Welles, it's an odd melange of the two that never quite…

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By Cosmo Landesman (73) for Sunday Times (UK) (753) on 11 Dec 2009

For theatre buffs who know about that era, this is a treat…

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By Philip French (1,151) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 11 Dec 2009

Never before have I seen a theatrical production so brilliantly re-created, and for this major credit must go to the British cinematographer…

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By Peter Howell (1,731) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 11 Dec 2009

Working with the fact-based eponymous novel by Robert Kaplow, first-time screenwriters Holly Gent Palmo and Vince Palmo are content to follow…

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By Jonathan Romney (434) for Independent on Sunday (201) on 11 Dec 2009

The film has a warm, lived-in period feel close to Woody Allen's Bullets Over Broadway, and a similar ain't-theatre-crazy vibe…

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By Chris Hewitt (St. Paul) (2,277) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 11 Dec 2009

Me and Orson Welles is a movie for people who love live theater…

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By Lauren S (792) on 10 Dec 2009

A really enjoyable, well made film, with some outstanding acting from the leading members of the cast…

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By Colin Covert (1,936) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 10 Dec 2009

Me and Orson Welles is a little velvet sack of diamonds. It's a sparkling love letter to a gigantic talent, a romance, a comedy, a drama…

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By Moira Macdonald (1,892) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 10 Dec 2009

Linklater keeps everything bouncing along, in sepia light and roar-of-the-greasepaint dust, giving us a little lesson in theater history along…

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By Tricia Olszewski (442) for Washington City Paper (500) on 10 Dec 2009

McKay embodies the famed director so seamlessly it's enough to recommend this otherwise inoffensively lackluster film…

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By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 10 Dec 2009

British actor Christian McKay is Welles, and he's so stunningly good as Welles - he gets both his physical essence and his spirit - that all…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for BrianOrndorf.com (1,055) on 10 Dec 2009

It's worth the price of a ticket just to see Welles alive again, foaming at the mouth, prowling the stage, and dishing up virulent witticisms…

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By Matt Pais (1,519) for Metromix.com (1,085) on 10 Dec 2009

Captures behind-the-scenes mayhem as the result of having a brilliant windbag at the helm, causing both chaos and inspiration with all his hot air…

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By Jennie C (21) on 10 Dec 2009

A really enjoyable, well made film, with some outstanding acting from the leading members of the cast…

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By Chloe D (74) on 10 Dec 2009

A really enjoyable, well made film, with some outstanding acting from the leading members of the cast…

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By Robert S (1,498) on 09 Dec 2009

Enjoyed this one, but still can't view Zac Efron as anything other than a Disney bred teen idol…

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By Max K (221) on 09 Dec 2009

Such an amazing story:))touching and inspiring :)))Brilliant cast, brilliant picture, one of the best this year:))…

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By Peter Keough (994) for Boston Phoenix (1,372) on 09 Dec 2009

The detail of the '30s Manhattan setting may be perfunctory, but in this he mirrors Welles's own production, whose schematic set design, with…

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By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 09 Dec 2009

[A]n acerbic coming-of-age story, a warmly yearning nostalgia piece, and a smartly uproarious farce all in one…

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