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Me & Orson Welles

Me and Orson Welles

2008

Richard Linklater

Zac Efron, Claire Danes, Christian McKay, Ben Chaplin ...

6.2

647

Drama It is November, 1937, and teenager Richard Samuels (Zac Efron) dreams of making it on Broadway. One day he runs into Welles (Christian McKay), years before Citizen Kane but already a famous New York dramatist. With his new Mercury Theatre troupe as his instrument, Welles plans to mount a production of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar that will shake the foundations of American stagecraft. But he needs a bit player. Young Richard impresses ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"What do you say about a movie that proves Zac Efron can act, introduces a master thespian in Christian McKay and launches a charm assault that is damn near irresistible? I say, see it. (...) A thrilling movie (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"Though specific in its period references - the musical choices in particular are fresh and precise - this movie is much more than an exercise in nostalgia"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"One of the best movies about the theater I've ever seen (...) Efron and Danes make an attractive couple (…) Puntuación: ★★★★½ (sobre 5)"(…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Kim Newman Empire	"A really satisfying backstage drama, this is an exhilarating tour around a man whose talent was almost as big as his ego (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Ty Burr Boston Globe	"What we get is a few good blocks and the beautiful charlatans who worked there, and that’s more than enough for some of us (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Philip French The Guardian	"[A] sublime adaptation (...) Never before have I seen a theatrical production so brilliantly re-created"	POS

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