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By Steven Rea (1,872) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 15 Jan 2016

One of those what-were-they-thinking projects in which good talent is on very bad display…

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By Jubal E (8) on 15 Jan 2016

This movie starts out pretty good, but even from the start, the relationship between Fanning's character and Gere's is strange…

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By Sheri Linden (962) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 14 Jan 2016

What begins as an intriguing psychological thriller devolves into an addiction drama, growing less interesting as it proceeds and giving costars…

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By Chris Barsanti (896) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 14 Jan 2016

An off-kilter film that leaves too many promising elements behind to make room for more capering and raging from Gere…

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By Alan Zilberman (171) for Washington Post (9,851) on 14 Jan 2016

It isn’t unusual for a good premise to have a faulty execution…

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By A.a. Dowd (854) for AV Club (2,778) on 14 Jan 2016

That makes the role well tailored to its occupant: Gere stays within his range of moneyed playboys, while still getting to indulge in the kind…

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By Ray Pride (544) for Newcity (539) on 13 Jan 2016

He's all brass and bravado, his poor little rich man at once generous and self-gratifying, pained and also a pain to the family-to-be he forces…

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By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 13 Jan 2016

Old silver-fox Gere looks great. He’s almost embarrassingly charming — which is the point — but there’s not much else here…

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By Alan Scherstuhl (679) for Village Voice (8,525) on 12 Jan 2016

Sadly, The Benefactor proves less rich and engaging as it settles into its actual genre: It's yet another troubled-dude-starts-pulling-it-together…

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By Jessica Kiang (522) for The Playlist (3,871) on 10 Jul 2015

It promises a minute character study, but Franny, though embodied by a game Gere who in all fairness does visit places in his performance we…

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By David D'arcy (130) for Screen International (2,241) on 06 Jul 2015

The actor’s comic sad clown performance lifts the film above an ordinary script…

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