New York PostIt would be insulting to refer to Tim & Eric's Billion Dollar Movie as amateurish - insulting to amateurs everywhere.
New York Daily NewsDe Niro is fully committed, and few things are more watchable than when he gets cranky. Dano, though, is miscast.
Los Angeles TimesFor all its good intentions and talented performers and filmmakers, Being Flynn leaves you feeling as if everyone is trying ...
Wall Street JournalThe movie's emotional content was manifest as an absence. What stayed with me most memorably was the father's insufferable b...
The New York TimesThere is honest feeling, genuine humanity and real intelligence in this movie, but there is also a sense of caution, of inde...
USA TodayWeitz...began adapting Flynn's book for the screen eight years ago. It's too bad that he didn't figure out in the ensuing ye...
New York PostThe real coup de grace for this would-be serious-minded drama is the sledgehammer-subtle direction of Paul Weitz...
The Boston GlobeBeing Flynn is earnest to a fault, and it offers the now-rare sight of De Niro giving an actual performance.
San Francisco ChronicleA handful of acting moments aside, Being Flynn is a drama without much in the way of rewards.
Washington PostA little more nuance would benefit the film, which eventually starts to feel belabored, even bleak.
The Philadelphia InquirerWhat's so satisfying about Weitz films like this one is how his lost boys and lost adults find themselves in the awkward dan...
Entertainment WeeklyIs it possible for an actor to go through the motions even as he's going over the top? In Being Flynn, Robert De Niro does p...
Hollywood ReporterA smartly adapted and well acted drama about long-estranged father and son writers.
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Partial Film Information
Director: Paul Weitz
Writer: Paul Weitz
Studio: Focus Features
Cast: Robert De Niro, Paul Dano, Olivia Thirlby
Release: 2012
Writer: Paul Weitz
Studio: Focus Features
Cast: Robert De Niro, Paul Dano, Olivia Thirlby
Release: 2012
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