Plummer, a Hollywood legend who has never been nominated for an Oscar, offers one of his finer performances.

| Original Score: 3.0/4.0 | Sep 15, 2020

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 17, 2011

The subject is honorable, but this plea for the elderly is too cliche-ridden and manipuative

| Original Score: C- | Aug 7, 2011

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 18, 2008

By the end it's lost any edge and is as soft and unappealing as a geriatric incontinence pad.

| Jan 24, 2008

A fair-to-middling contemporary fantasy drama that, despite its surfeit of flashy effects, is mildly charming in the way it addresses the injustice of old folk having to live out their final years in decrepit homes.

| Original Score: 3/6 | Jan 24, 2008

Watchable drama with a strong performance from Christopher Plummer, though the script often feels simplistic and can't quite manage the emotional punch the story deserves.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 24, 2008

A movie about movies and the people who love them.

| Original Score: B | Jan 23, 2008

This attempt to make a film is about a guy who is attempting to make a film.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 22, 2008

Too slight and formulaic to amount to much.

| Original Score: C | Jan 22, 2008

Man In The Chair feels a bit like a high school movie project, which is appropriate since that's exactly what it's about.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 1, 2008

By salvaging a troubled script with deep, committed, touching portrayals, Plummer and Walsh help prove Schroeder's points about how Hollywood isn't just the province of the rich, young and pretty.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Dec 21, 2007

The movie works so hard at juggling its clichs that it fails to generate interest in its story.

| Original Score: 1.5 | Dec 21, 2007

Though they can't transcend writer-director Michael Schroeder's pointed contrivances, the actors tap into something achingly true in this valentine to Hollywood's below-the-line crafts people and society's castoffs.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 14, 2007

[An] elegant documentary.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 14, 2007

A film that probably never wouldn't have seen the light of a projector if it wasn't for some kind of "Let's get Actor X that long-deserved Oscar" grab.

| Original Score: C- | Dec 12, 2007

If you have to see this film for one reason, see it for Plummer...

| Original Score: 2/4 | Dec 11, 2007

Schroeder's heart is in the right place, but his cinematic taste is unfortunately elsewhere.

| Dec 10, 2007

A ramshackle but likeable story

Full Review | Dec 10, 2007

With its flashy, music-video style edits, rock-scored montages and septuagenarian cast, it's hard to say who, exactly, is the right audience for this unusual comedic drama from director Michael Schroeder.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Dec 7, 2007