Toronto – About 20 minutes into “The Critic” it may occur to anyone paying attention that screenwriter and noted playwright and screenwriter Patrick Farber might not be a fan of the profession that is at the center of his new film.
Then again, maybe we’re just taking it a bit personally.
Maybe every character in the Anand Tucker-directed thriller is as selfish and professionally corrupt as the film’s protagonist Jimmy Erskine, a 1930s newspaper critic often portrayed with devilish glee by none other than Ian McKellen.Continue reading ‘The Critic’ Review: Ian McKellen Casts A Deadly Love Triangle In This Overstuffed Thriller [TIFF] at The Playlist.
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