Old Man Reviews
Old Man is a unique thriller with what is arguably the best performance by Stephen Lang to date.
| Original Score: 6/10 | Jul 11, 2023
If you’re looking for a traditional horror movie with reliable frights doled out in a recognizable pattern, well, McKee’s name alone should have been warning enough that you’re in the wrong place.
| Jun 13, 2023
McKee’s camera, which moves around like a living presence and always seems to be on the brink of discovering something terrible, makes it impossible to relax for long.
| Original Score: 4.5/5 | May 31, 2023
An unexceptional psychological horror from director Lucky McKee that feels dated and clunky, with some fairly ropey acting – or maybe that is down to the shaky lines put into the actors’ mouths.
| Original Score: 2/5 | May 29, 2023
A clear project of dedication from all involved, Old Man shows a new side to McKee’s directorial talents, teasing more exciting projects to come.
| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 18, 2022
Old Man is a mysterious cinematic chamber play that tackles the weight of guilt. The film revolves around male possessiveness—the urge for men to lay claim and ownership to people, places, and things, though especially women.
| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 6, 2022
'Avatar' alum's incendiary performance turns stage-like tale into a keeper.
| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 22, 2022
For a film about two men in a tiny cabin, there’s never a dull moment... From there it either gets silly or interesting, depending on one’s preference for such things – but it never gets old.
| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 18, 2022
Lang and Senter keep it afloat. They’re nice fits for Veach’s off-kilter story, and McKee smartly leans on his two actors and their weird yet fascinating chemistry.
| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Oct 17, 2022
Lang can go through gruffness, self-pity, menace, warmth, grief, and pretty much every other aspect of human emotion in a split second without us ever once wondering how he gets from one to the other.
| Original Score: B | Oct 17, 2022
More pretentious than provocative...while it’s nice that Lang was allowed to take the wheel for a change, it’s a pity the vehicle he’s driving wheezes along the way and sputters to a stop.
| Original Score: C- | Oct 16, 2022
McKee delivers something we probably did not see coming, something that's bizarre and unsettling, and a bit disappointing all at the same time, given that our imaginations have been constantly buzzing up to the last stretch.
| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 15, 2022
While not entirely original or unpredictable, this dark look into a character’s soul is held together with excellent acting by Stephen Lang.
| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 14, 2022
McKee’s darker genre touches are sorely missed in Old Man, which is too reliant on performances that outshine a story seen coming like an asteroid the size of Mars.
| Original Score: 6.5/10 | Oct 14, 2022
The movie builds up enough steam, and has a sufficient supply of jolts, to make Old Man stick to the ribs at least a little by the time it’s over.
| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 14, 2022
A superior example of how flavorful dialogue, talented actors and excellent staging can make something familiar really pop.
| Oct 14, 2022
The (un)reality of what’s happening beneath the surface is hardly unique or secretive, but [how] Veach writes its revelations and McKee films its visual labyrinth spanning past, present, and purgatory ensure the drama unfolding is never without intrigue.
| Original Score: B- | Oct 14, 2022
It’s essentially a two-character story where we are not quite of how much of a grip on reality one of them has. It’s worth a look primarily due to an intense performance by Stephen Lang as the otherwise-unnamed title character.
| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Oct 14, 2022
Stephen Lang and Marc Senter have some tense chemistry together, but Old Man is primarily a slog that leaves you feeling like an old man when you come out the other side
| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 14, 2022
Old Man is the most monotonous movie I've seen in a long time.
| Original Score: 1/4 | Oct 13, 2022