The Critic Poster

The Critic (2024)

R 09/13/2024 Thriller, Crime, Drama, Mystery 1h 41m
59%
User
Score
6.0/10
52%
54/100

Ambition seduces. Power corrupts.

Overview

Jimmy Erskine is the most feared theatre critic of the age. He lives as flamboyantly as he writes and takes pleasure in savagely taking down any actor who fails to meet his standards. When the owner of the Daily Chronicle dies, and his son takes over, Jimmy quickly finds himself at odds with his new boss and his position under threat. In an attempt to preserve the power and influence he holds so sacred, Jimmy strikes a Faustian pact with a struggling actress, entangling them and the boss in a thrilling but deadly web of desire, blackmail, and betrayal.

Anand Tucker

Director

Patrick Marber

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Ian McKellen

Ian McKellen

Jimmy Erskine

Gemma Arterton

Gemma Arterton

Nina Land

Mark Strong

Mark Strong

David Brooke

Lesley Manville

Lesley Manville

Annabel Land

Ben Barnes

Ben Barnes

Stephen Wyley

Romola Garai

Romola Garai

Cora Wyley

Alfred Enoch

Alfred Enoch

Tom Tunner

Ron Cook

Ron Cook

Hugh Morris

Claire Skinner

Claire Skinner

Mary Brooke

Full Cast & Crew →

Media

Ian McKellen & Gemma Arterton Reveal their Slightly Disastrous First Day on The Critic | BAFTA

Ian McKellen & Gemma Arterton Reveal their Slightly Disastrous First Day on The Critic | BAFTA

‘Don't Resign’

‘Don't Resign’

‘White Devil’

‘White Devil’

'Ian McKellen' Featurette

'Ian McKellen' Featurette

‘Motherly Advice’

‘Motherly Advice’

‘The Actor Confronts The Critic’

‘The Actor Confronts The Critic’

‘The Making of a Thriller’ Featurette

‘The Making of a Thriller’ Featurette

Official TV Spot 3

Official TV Spot 3

Official TV Spot 2

Official TV Spot 2

Official TV Spot

Official TV Spot

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written on September 22, 2024

If you saw Sir Ian McKellen with fellow thesp Sir Derek Jacobi in the television sitcom "Vicious" from around ten years ago, you'll be able to anticipate the gist of his characterisation of the acerbic theatre critic "Erskine" who is way more famed for distributing bile rather than bouquets. His new boss (Mark Strong) wants the newspaper to appeal to an altogether more wholesome family audience and so wants him to tone things down a bit. "Yeah, right" thinks he - and then his own behaviour gets him into trouble with the police and given one month's notice from his job. Facing looming ignominy, he determines to get the lowdown on his ostensibly pure as the driven snow aristocratic proprietor and to that end recruits aspiring actress "Nina" (Gemma Arterton) of whom he has been much less than...

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