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      Phil Spector

      TV-MA 2013 1 hr. 33 min. Drama Biography List
      50% 40 Reviews Tomatometer 32% 500+ Ratings Audience Score Lawyer Linda Kenney Baden (Helen Mirren) defends music producer Phil Spector (Al Pacino), on trial for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Mar 14 Buy Now

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      Its top-shelf script and terrific cast ensure that it's always watchable, but Phil Spector fails to provide truly compelling drama.

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      Alec B Mamet's central thesis about the importance of impartiality in the legal system is not without merit, however centering his argument around Phil Spector was a gross miscalculation especially since his exploration fictionalizes some of the facts of the case. This only undermines his argument and exposes him as something of a hypocrite. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/05/24 Full Review Audience Member ....this is the most heinous piece of garbage I have ever had the displeasure of yawning my way through....David 'muppet' Mamet should be ashamed of himself...as should Pacino & Mirren....it's an abhorrent slur on the memory of Lana Clarkson.... Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Why does Al Pacino keep playing people I have no interest in learning anything about? Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Murderer or not, Spector belonged in prison anyway for how he butchered "Let It Be" Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review stephen b Early in the movie it seemed like this would have been better as a documentary. Then when I saw where the movie was going, I thought this is ok as a drama, but it needs another hour so it doesn't all seem rushed. Then when it ends like it does, I was right all along. It would be better as a documentary. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Probably compelled by the casting, only to find in correct satisfaction that both Mirren and Pacino performed excellently around the pre-courtroom drama without any spikes besides being minimally intellectual despite cutting it short at the end rather than telling the story in completion for finalization â" or it fears to enter conventional territory of conversing familiarity. (B) (Full review TBD) Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      John Doyle Globe and Mail Pacino is excellent, savouring Mamet's script and disappearing into this figure who has a God-complex and is, at the same time, a god in the music industry. Jun 11, 2020 Full Review Jason Bailey Flavorwire Mamet's film isn't sure what the hell to make of Spector. But, strangely, that's part of what makes it so compelling. Jun 21, 2016 Full Review Alessandra Stanley New York Times Even with a Mamet screenplay and actors like Mr. Pacino and Ms. Mirren there is not much anyone can do to make the audience care. May 22, 2013 Full Review Stephen Marche Esquire Magazine Victims' rights groups have openly worried that the movie will call into question the nineteen-year sentence Spector received... They needn't worry. The film is no challenge to anything except the careers of those involved with it. Oct 17, 2018 Full Review John Powers Vogue Spector is almost the platonic ideal of the crazy showbiz madman. He makes a great fit for Pacino, who has for once found a character so charismatically odd that he doesn't need to overact to keep himself interested. Jul 13, 2017 Full Review Carla Meyer Sacramento Bee The movie broadens from Spector's legal case into larger explorations of prejudices people can harbor about celebrities and eccentrics. The result is a thoughtful, sometimes fascinating, purposefully inconclusive character study. May 28, 2013 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis Lawyer Linda Kenney Baden (Helen Mirren) defends music producer Phil Spector (Al Pacino), on trial for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson.
      Director
      David Mamet
      Executive Producer
      Barry Levinson, David Mamet, Al Pacino
      Screenwriter
      David Mamet
      Production Co
      HBO Films
      Rating
      TV-MA
      Genre
      Drama, Biography
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Aug 10, 2016
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