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Older but not wiser.
Following a breakdown and suicide attempt, an aging actor becomes involved with a much younger woman but soon finds that it's difficult to keep pace with her.
The Humbling
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Унижение, O Último Ato, The Last Act, En toute humilité, La sombra del actor, Der letzte Akt, 低入尘埃, The Humbling : En toute humilité, Pokoření, Upokorzenie, מפלה, Az utolsó felvonás, Dönüm Noktası, Приниження, Принизяването, 알파치노의 은밀한 관계, Zúfalec, L'ombra de l'actor
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Premiere
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Italy
Venice Film Festival
Theatrical
31 Dec 2014
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UK15
23 Jan 2015
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Canada
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South Africa
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USAR
29 Jan 2015
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Israelהותר לבני 14 ומעלה
05 Feb 2015
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Ukraine18+
26 Feb 2015
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Argentina
02 Apr 2015
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Brazil14
08 Apr 2015
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France
24 Apr 2015
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Spain
Digital
07 Nov 2016
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Germany12
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09 Oct 2015
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Israelהותר לבני 14 ומעלה
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Argentina
26 Feb 2015
- Theatrical
Brazil
02 Apr 2015
- Theatrical14
Canada
23 Jan 2015
- Theatrical
France
08 Apr 2015
- Theatrical
Germany
07 Nov 2016
- Digital12
Israel
29 Jan 2015
- Theatricalהותר לבני 14 ומעלה נימוק: סצנות סקס
09 Oct 2015
- TVהותר לבני 14 ומעלה נימוק: סצנות סקס
Italy
30 Aug 2014
- Premiere Venice Film Festival
South Africa
23 Jan 2015
- Theatrical
Spain
24 Apr 2015
- Theatrical
UK
31 Dec 2014
- Theatrical15
USA
23 Jan 2015
- TheatricalR
Ukraine
05 Feb 2015
- Theatrical18+
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It takes 23 minutes and 17 seconds for Greta Gerwig to appear and I guess I wish I had had that kind of information beforehand, so you’re welcome.
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More like The Bumbling! Nah, I enjoyed this old man movie about being an old man movie. It was old in a way I could really relate to and Pacino hasn't been this reined in since forever. He doesn't even mention how Gerwig has a GREAT ASS.
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This was an interesting watch. Really interesting use of camerawork & lighting in certain scenes to really accentuate the whole unreliable narrator thing. Crazy ending too. Weird role for Gerwig, felt like she didn’t get to have her charisma on front display like usual. But Pacino’s performance here is outstanding. Hidden movie in Levinson’s catalog I feel like but I wouldn’t call it a gem.
Watched in 2022, Ranked (3rd to last :/)
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i can't believe the one (1) movie where greta gerwig ACTUALLY plays a lesbian, she spends it banging an old ass dude.
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Al Pacino is great and Greta Gerwig is great and Barry Levinson is a great director (at times) but this Philip Roth novel doesn’t translate well on screen at least from the people that wrote the screenplay. The movie is completely frustrating and obnoxious at times. It tries to capture the themes of aging, last-ditch hope, and crippling despair but isn’t focused enough to give us the emotional or the darkly comedic richness the story deserves. It tries, everyone is trying, I give it that, but ultimately it left me feeling hollow and disappointed.
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Reasons why I watched this movie:
- It has Greta Gerwig in it.
Reasons why I hated this movie, possibly more than any other film ever:
- Greta Gerwig plays a TERF who says all kinds of hateful things to/about her ex, a trans man (played by Billy Porter of all people).
- The first 30 minutes is just endless scenes of Al Pacino whining about losing his touch as an actor.
- There's a scene where a graphic description of child sexual abuse is included seemingly just for shock value.
- Tons of ableism and mental illness stigmatization for a movie that turns out to be somewhat about dementia.
- The movie centers around a very creepy romantic relationship…
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Barry Levinson brings this film that has been disappointing audiences in Venice. It feels like Al Pacino was in monologue mode throughout this entire movie, which is somewhat appropriate since he is portraying a suicidal actor that struggles with his stage career, oddly similar to Birdman. He tends to bumble around like old men do. This is an old man movie.
Me, I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this. Its quite funny in a quiet way, with the whole movie framed around Pacino talking to his therapist about the events of the film, much like a reality program. Cue the several eccentric characters that move through his life, and they're practically all like this. Watch a depressed character…
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I'm wholly unfamiliar with Roth and pretty much wrote off Levinson ages ago (THE BAY was alright I guess), so I wasn't quite prepared for just how weird this is. At the very least there's some welcome desperation in its voice.
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as a lesbian AND an al pacino fan this was painful to watch on several different levels
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