But if you’re in the mood to see a movie – any movie – featuring Pacino, Walken and Arkin, well … here it is.
New York Post
December 14, 2012
Painful, misshapen and a little gross. It’s an enlarged prostate of a movie.
There is a sense that everyone, this treasure trove of talent included, is waiting for something to happen, some bit of alchemy that will make...
If you don’t think Al Pacino still has it in him, this is a welcome chance to be proved wrong.
Slant Magazine
December 13, 2012
Fails to plumb the dramatic depths of its setups, but every now and then the actors pick up the slack, filling in the blanks with three decades&rsq...
RogerEbert.com
January 31, 2013
Sometimes it’s all about the casting.
Elegiac and corny and not really convincing on any level …
Movie Mom
January 31, 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 they...
Pacino – embracing painful Viagra jokes with abrasive, motor-mouthed energy – either needs better gigs or stronger guidance.
Arizona Republic
January 31, 2013
In the end Stevens, probably wisely, just gets out of the way and lets the old guys have a ball.
An initially promising, increasingly glutinous buddy comedy that exploits and squanders the talents of its starry cast.
Chicago Reader
February 4, 2013
Thematic inconsistencies abound as Stevens aims for a tone somewhere between Grumpy Old Men, The Hangover, and Goodfellas.
online.wsj.com
January 31, 2013
Fisher Stevens directed from Noah Haidle’s script, which is obviously the work of a young writer.
With a little bit of chutzpah and a fistful of Viagra, the tough guys of yesteryear can still come staggering back to make a decent movie.
Film.com
December 12, 2012
It’s a pity because there’s a good movie in «Stand Up Guys» somewhere.
Los Angeles Times
December 13, 2012
Despite some predictable predicaments – and the inevitable Viagra joke – the film is clever in the way it deals with the high cost of mob...
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 executi...
Austin Chronicle
January 31, 2013
Guys has the lax, sleep-deprived vibe of one of those end-of-the-show «experimental» sketches on Saturday Night Live.
Toronto Star
February 1, 2013
It’s just fun to watch Pacino, Walken and Arkin work together, very much enjoying the shared experience. Seeing Stand Up Guys is an offer you...
Chicago Tribune
January 31, 2013
Arkin in particular can barely hide his lack of enthusiasm for the material. Some of the looks he shoots his co-stars appear to contain a secr...
Standout performances from Pacino, Walken and Arkin as old-timers prove that losing a step can’t keep you off your feet.
Actor-turned-director Fisher Stevens gravely misjudges the tone – when he isn’t trying to get too cute about everything, he slathers his...
Viagra is consumed, erections wrestled, old scores settled – blah blah blah.
Rolling Stone
February 2, 2013
Some actors don’t need top-shelf material. Just the pleasure of their company is enough. And so Al Pacino, Christopher Walken and Alan Arkin...
Stand Up Guys is the sitcom Mikey & Nicky no one asked for.
Newark Star-Ledger
December 14, 2012
Really, what do the actors have to work with here? The movie isn’t funny enough to allow them to burlesque their images, or serious enough to...