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By Mark Ellis (362) for Schmoes Know (710) on 04 Feb 2013

If it wasn't for the talent on screen I may have been bored by this, but hey, you hired these guys for a reason, right…

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By Todd Jorgenson (1,852) for Cinemalogue.com (1,236) on 04 Feb 2013

The film moves at a geriatric pace to match the age of the protagonists and the target audience…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 01 Feb 2013

Some actors don't need top-shelf material. Just the pleasure of their company is enough…

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By Mike Scott (1,178) for New Orleans Times-Picayune (573) on 01 Feb 2013

Stand Up Guys becomes something not only enjoyable but memorable and emotionally layered at the same time…

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By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 01 Feb 2013

There's not much to the story beyond its thin conceit, so the filmmaker relies on his stars' charms…

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By Peter Howell (1,731) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 01 Feb 2013

It's just fun to watch Pacino, Walken and Arkin work together, very much enjoying the shared experience…

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By Jeanne Kaplan (738) for Kaplan vs. Kaplan (1,174) on 01 Feb 2013

Predictability in a film is a major offense, but the real crime in Stand Up Guys is the squandering of the talented cast assembled…

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By Sandy Schaefer (333) for ScreenRant (1,013) on 01 Feb 2013

Stand Up Guys gets caught up in stereotypical old-timer laughs but its principal cast shakes them off and ultimately makes the experience fulfilling…

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By Leonard Maltin (609) for leonardmaltin.com (584) on 01 Feb 2013

Noah Haidle's screenplay doesn't offer many surprises, but every scene is imbued with a flavor that only actors of this caliber-and history-can…

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By Diana Saenger (322) for ReviewExpress.com (294) on 01 Feb 2013

Reminds us Hollywood rarely turns out actors like this anymore…

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By John Wirt (638) for Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) (638) on 01 Feb 2013

A small film featuring three wily, veteran screen thespians in a storyline based in loyalty and friendship, Stand Up Guys is, in its offbeat…

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By Robert Denerstein (1,148) for Movie Habit (892) on 01 Feb 2013

No movie starring Pacino, Walken and Arkin can be all bad -- and Stand Up Guys isn't…

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By Alison Gang (138) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 01 Feb 2013

A thoughtful little buddy caper comedy that wisely exploits the audience's natural affection for its aging stars…

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By Brent Simon (1,142) for Screen International (2,241) on 01 Feb 2013

Cycles through too many haphazard and improbable set-ups to amount to anything more than a collection of signed offer sheets in search of a movie…

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By Tom Long (1,693) for Detroit News (2,682) on 01 Feb 2013

Is it fun? Sure, some of the time. Is it good? That's a stretch. Does it tap the potential of these three actors? Fuggedaboutit…

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By Ethan Alter (997) for Television Without Pity (337) on 01 Feb 2013

Not since Pacino squared off against Robert De Niro in Righteous Kill has a single movie so thoroughly blasphemed a set of Acting Gods…

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By Jim Judy (1,199) for Screen It! (1,437) on 01 Feb 2013

Wasting such talent should be considered criminal. (Full Content Review for Parents also available)…

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By Mark Dujsik (2,093) for Mark Reviews Movies (2,037) on 01 Feb 2013

The movie is all over the place in terms of tone and only finds something resembling honesty when it drops the embarrassing shtick of crude…

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By Chris Hewitt (2,086) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 31 Jan 2013

Clearly, neither writer Noah Haidle nor director Fisher Stevens knows what he's doing but they do, at least, appear to realize how lucky they…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 31 Jan 2013

The thing most people will take away from Stand Up Guys is that it contains Al Pacino's best performance in years…

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