Indeed, there really isn’t much to criticize in “The Critic.” And when it comes to McKellen’s singularly outstanding lead performance, the only suitable response lies somewhere between ...

He may have masterfully played Gandalf, wizard and leader of the Fellowship of the Ring, but even Ian McKellen has been on the receiving end of a bad review. In The Critic, out in theaters Friday ...

No one is immune to bad reviews. Take it from Sir Ian McKellen, who bared all in a 1974 production of “King Lear” in Brooklyn. John Simon, a critic for New York magazine, was largely unimpressed.

Set in the 1930s in London, Ian McKellen is Jimmy Erskine, a veteran theater critic whose reviews can make or break a play or a performer. He has a monastic devotion to telling the truth ...

The Critic was directed by Arnand Tucker from a script by Patrick Marbert. “This taut and gripping thriller, led by Ian McKellen’s completely captivating performance, had us on the edge of our ...

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That’s the duality played by Ian McKellen in new film The Critic. Set in 1934 London, director Anand Tucker’s film features ...

By Elisabeth Vincentelli In Anand Tucker’s new film “The Critic,” Ian McKellen plays Jimmy Erskine, a closeted reviewer in 1930s Britain who covers theater with equal measures of wit and acid.

Two stars! Ian McKellen in the dreary slog ‘The Critic’ (Sean Gleason) The rest is plain melodrama, amped up by the way cinematographer David Higgs turns London into a fog-choked proscenium ...

In the new movie The Critic, Ian McKellen plays a 1930s theater reviewer who is, let’s say, not always kind. He shreds actors' reputations, delights in being impossible to please, and is willing ...

the viciously witty and mercilessly demanding title character played with utterly delicious flamboyance by Ian McKellen in “The Critic.” Directed by Anand Tucker (“Shopgirl”) and written ...

Set in the 1930s in London, Ian McKellen is Jimmy Erskine, a veteran theater critic whose reviews can make or break a play or a performer. He has a monastic devotion to telling the truth ...