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Salinger

2013

Shane Salerno

Documentary, Self: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Edward Norton, John Cusack ...

6.2

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Documentary An unprecedented look inside the private world of J.D. Salinger, the reclusive author of The Catcher in the Rye.

	Author	Review
United States	Andrew Barker Variety	"Salinger would have surely been horrified to see his personal life posthumously excavated to such a degree."	NEG
United States	Stephen Farber The Hollywood Reporter	"Salerno offers an entertaining overview of the life of one of the most intriguing writers of the last century, even if the picture ultimately turns out to be less revelatory than all the advance publicity promises."	NEU
United States	Chris Willman IndieWire	"'Salinger' does an effective job of making the writer seem alternately more mundane and more mysterious, almost at the same time."	POS
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"'Salinger', directed by Mr. Salerno, is less a work of cinema than the byproduct of its own publicity campaign."	NEG
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"Insightful gems are unearthed throughout the flawed but engrossing 'Salinger', a much-anticipated documentary about the author of 'The Catcher in the Rye'. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"	POS

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