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      PG-13 Released Jan 28, 2022 1 hr. 32 min. Comedy TRAILER for Rifkin's Festival: Trailer 1 List
      41% 81 Reviews Tomatometer 43% 50+ Ratings Audience Score Mort Rifkin (Wallace Shawn - Manhattan, My Dinner with Andre), a retired film studies professor, accompanies his publicist wife Sue (Gina Gershon New Amsterdam, Killer Joe) to the San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain. He goes not for the films, but because he's worried that Sue's fascination with her young buzzed-about film director client, Philippe (Louis Garrel - Little Women, An Officer and a Spy), might be more than professional. In addition, Mort hopes the change of scenery will provide a respite from his struggle to write a first novel that lives up to his impossibly exacting standards. With Mort's relentlessly dismissive opinions of Philippe, and Sue's sharp focus on her career as well as Philippe, their already frayed relationship becomes more strained. Mort's mood lightens when he meets Jo Rojas (Elena Anaya - The Skin I Live In), a kindred spirit whose marriage to tempestuous painter Paco (Sergi López - Pan's Labyrinth) is causing her pain as well. While Mort's personal tastes have sometimes pushed people away, Jo's intellect and shared sensibility draw them together. While Sue spends her days with Philippe, Mort's relationship with Jo deepens. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Jul 11 Buy Now

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      While it doesn't rank among Woody Allen's truly lesser late-period efforts, Rifkin's Festival finds the filmmaker content to revisit well-worn territory.

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      Dale Mildly entertaining but not unmissable. Louis Garrel looks hot, though! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/01/22 Full Review Alec B Allen at his most laid-back and he's really indulging his inner film nerd here which is fun. Wallace Shawn should be permanently assigned to be Allen's late period stand in. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/29/24 Full Review M C Again woody disguised as Wallace. Can this director realize he doesn't have to be the star of every single movie he makes. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/01/24 Full Review Alexsander F Bom filme. Particularmente gostei bastante, bem leve, com bastante referências de Woody. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/30/23 Full Review Alex W Sad and funny. A masterpiece. I don't quite understand why this movie received mixed reviews. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Valerii Ege D Rifkin's Festival is a great movie for someone who loves cinema history, Bergman, and relationships. Woody Allen sprinkled the love of cinema on his classical relationship theme. The place where Christopher Waltz came out as "Death" in The Seventh Seal was fantastic. Other than that, it's a fun movie but no need to exaggerate. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 09/05/22 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      James Berardinelli ReelViews The possibility exists, of course, that Allen still has another masterpiece or two left but, with every middling effort like A Rainy Day in New York or Rifkin's Festival, it can be difficult to hold the faith. Rated: 2/4 Jan 29, 2022 Full Review Amy Nicholson FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles) It really feels like Woody restlessly needing to make a movie, even if there's less and less interest in watching it. Jan 29, 2022 Full Review Glenn Kenny RogerEbert.com Allen's direction, with Vittorio Storaro lensing, is typically fluid. If you're at all inclined to view this movie, you'll find it's very easy to take in. Rated: 2.5/4 Jan 28, 2022 Full Review Roger Moore Movie Nation A flat, lukewarm glass of Spanish sidra without anything to recommend it beyond the lovely San Sebastian scenery and the fact that it is what is alleged to be Woody Allen's next to last film. Ever. Rated: 1/4 May 9, 2023 Full Review Dallas King Flick Feast While the film is likely to have critics pining for their next film festival trip, Rifkin’s Festival is more likely to win the Palme D’Oh than the Palme D’Or. Rated: 2/5 Nov 13, 2022 Full Review William Schwartz Book & Film Globe Rifkin’s Festival features a surprising twist on the usual Allen formula...there’s actually a fair amount of humility. Jul 13, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis Mort Rifkin (Wallace Shawn - Manhattan, My Dinner with Andre), a retired film studies professor, accompanies his publicist wife Sue (Gina Gershon New Amsterdam, Killer Joe) to the San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain. He goes not for the films, but because he's worried that Sue's fascination with her young buzzed-about film director client, Philippe (Louis Garrel - Little Women, An Officer and a Spy), might be more than professional. In addition, Mort hopes the change of scenery will provide a respite from his struggle to write a first novel that lives up to his impossibly exacting standards. With Mort's relentlessly dismissive opinions of Philippe, and Sue's sharp focus on her career as well as Philippe, their already frayed relationship becomes more strained. Mort's mood lightens when he meets Jo Rojas (Elena Anaya - The Skin I Live In), a kindred spirit whose marriage to tempestuous painter Paco (Sergi López - Pan's Labyrinth) is causing her pain as well. While Mort's personal tastes have sometimes pushed people away, Jo's intellect and shared sensibility draw them together. While Sue spends her days with Philippe, Mort's relationship with Jo deepens.
      Director
      Woody Allen
      Executive Producer
      Mario Gianani, Lorenzo Mieli, Lorenzo Gangarossa, Javier Méndez, Adam B. Stern
      Screenwriter
      Woody Allen
      Distributor
      MPI Media Group
      Production Co
      Televisió de Catalunya (TV3), Mediapro, Wildside, Gravier Productions
      Rating
      PG-13 (Suggestive/Sexual Material|Some Drug Use|Language|Thematic Elements)
      Genre
      Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Jan 28, 2022, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jan 28, 2022
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