As the guest from Hollywood -- the peacock Alan Swann, who is part John Barrymore and part Errol Flynn (maybe the best parts of each) --O'Toole is simply astounding.

| Sep 19, 2023

It is clearly O'Toole's film, and he is superb at playing the O'Toole of every gossip-writer's most cherished wish.

| Mar 24, 2023

My Favorite Year is a film that rises -- and sometimes soars -- on the beauty of its central idea and on the loving, intelligent way it’s been fleshed out.

| Jun 21, 2022

My Favorite Year, with the possible exception of Lawrence of Arabia, is my favorite Peter O'Toole performance.

| Original Score: 4.0/4.0 | Sep 17, 2020

My Favorite Year turns aggravated mayhem, assault, and hammery into comic gold.

| Feb 27, 2020

Filmmaker Benjamin delivers a lackadaisically-paced yet generally entertaining comedy that benefits substantially from the leads' superb work...

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 25, 2020

The script's soul-searching moments feel forced, but the comedy quotient is top-notch.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 5, 2019

The movie concludes on a saccharine note intended to send you away smiling and it might, if you like fairy tales where no alcoholic is unlovable.

| Oct 23, 2018

Peter O'Toole received an Oscar nomination for playing an eccentric womanizer and boozy star (modeled on Errol Flynn) in this charming comedy set in the 1950s.

| Original Score: B+ | Aug 16, 2011

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 26, 2007

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 29, 2007

An excellent vehicle for O'Toole to shine in a tour de force performance.

| Original Score: A | Jun 14, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 8, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 4, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 8, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Jun 5, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 4, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Feb 8, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 15, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 7, 2003