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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 31 Jan 2013

Pacino, long ago having given up subtlety for bombast, continues along that path here, but he's still fun to watch…

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By Ann Hornaday (1,919) for Washington Post (9,851) on 31 Jan 2013

It's Walken who grounds every scene with the kind of watchful honesty that has become his brand in late-career…

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By Steven Rea (1,872) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 31 Jan 2013

Elegiac and corny and not really convincing on any level (especially when it comes to its treatment of women - be they hookers, or waitresses,…

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By Scott Bowles (160) for USA Today (4,117) on 31 Jan 2013

It's been a long time since a movie wasted as much talent as Stand Up Guys, a film that aims to be a geezer Goodfellas but whose execution…

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By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 31 Jan 2013

We get it: Stand Up Guys is supposed to be cutesy criminal magic realism…

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By Joe Williams (923) for St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1,715) on 31 Jan 2013

Dare we say it? Even the acting is atrocious, with pop-eyed Pacino chewing the scenery like a geezer gumming his oatmeal…

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By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 31 Jan 2013

It's long on Viagra jokes and whorehouse scenes, and comes up short on plausibility…

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By Scott Tobias (1,684) for NPR (1,713) on 31 Jan 2013

Stevens wants to honor the living legends who have miraculously agreed to appear in his movie, but after spending a full hour treating their…

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By Mary Pols (197) for Time (1,811) on 31 Jan 2013

A buddy movie that limps along, pausing for breath and pulse checks like a geriatric dutifully fulfilling doctor's orders to get some exercise…

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By Marc Mohan (821) for Portland Oregonian (2,019) on 31 Jan 2013

It's often said that actors with distinctive vocal styles could compellingly read the phone book -- in this case, it would absolutely be a…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 31 Jan 2013

Arkin in particular can barely hide his lack of enthusiasm for the material…

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By Jason Gorber (520) for ScreenAnarchy (469) on 31 Jan 2013

Kudos to both the ensemble and Stevens for crafting something fun and unique out of a pretty tired concept…

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By Matthew Odam (59) for Austin American-Statesman (501) on 31 Jan 2013

The movie from director Fisher Stevens echoes much of the visual stylings of the pulpy noir of the 1990s set in Los Angeles, but the story,…

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By Colin Covert (1,936) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 31 Jan 2013

I can't argue that performers the stature of Pacino, Walken and Arkin don't deserve better material, yet it's so nice to have them onscreen…

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By Nell Minow (2,357) for Beliefnet (937) on 31 Jan 2013

Pacino, Walken, and Arkin show their vitality and know-how in the face of their mortality and the pure joy of performing in the knowledge that…

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By Robin Clifford (1,670) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 31 Jan 2013

The forced humor, manufactured angst...and retread dialog make Stand Up Guys a disappointment and a waste of some great talent…

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By Jeff Beck (630) for Examiner.com (1,617) on 31 Jan 2013

There's far too much meandering here for it to make much of an impact…

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By Alonso Duralde (1,351) for MSNBC (243) on 31 Jan 2013

But if you're in the mood to see a movie -- any movie -- featuring Pacino, Walken and Arkin, well ... here it is…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for Blu-ray.com (2,093) on 31 Jan 2013

Mostly baffling with a handful of bright moments, Stand Up Guys is a bust that doesn't know when to quit…

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By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 31 Jan 2013

Considering the cast there are moments to be sure (Pacino's one note performance doesn't offer any of them), and the film is a real calling…

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