The Stunt Man lays claim to uncharted territory somewhere between Smokey and the Bandit and Last Year in Marienbad...

| Original Score: 5/5 | Nov 30, 2023

Working with material that could, with a few false steps, have turned into a tony reality-and-illusion puzzle, the director, Richard Rush, has kept it all light-headed and funny -- it’s slapstick metaphysics.

| Sep 18, 2023

Subtle, neurotic and multi-layered, every scene in The Stunt Man is about multiple things at once.

| Mar 7, 2021

It's a carnivalesque lark whose brevity and gravity are both attributable to the remarkable, pitch-perfect performance of O'Toole...

| Mar 7, 2021

The Stunt Man is a brilliant feat of cinematic legerdemain, creating an illusory world in which nothing is what it seems.

| Jan 29, 2019

It's one of the great movies about the movies and a devious exploration of trust in the line between art and life.

| Mar 30, 2017

Pretentious, overenergized, muddled, intellectually bogus, and very entertaining for it.

| Mar 13, 2015

The narrative doesn't come to life until Peter O'Toole wraps it around himself like a Renaissance cloak, and stares pensively into the distance.

| Mar 13, 2015

The fun lies in the journey. It is a trip of constantly shifting perceptions and sharply etched satirical sketches of movie types. It is also a carnival of bang-up stunt scenes.

| Mar 13, 2015

Lawrence B. Marcus's script, which pits real life against reel life, offers plenty of wit, with most of the bons mots handed to O'Toole.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 13, 2015

Meticulously constructed and beautifully realised.

| Mar 13, 2015

A puzzle-master's delight.

| Original Score: 77/100 | Jul 28, 2013

Richard Rush's inventive narrative about the blurred lines between movie reality and factual reality is vastly entertaining, boasting Peter O'Toole in a diabolical, delicious Oscar-nominated performance.

| Original Score: A- | Jul 20, 2012

Sensationally original.

| Jun 11, 2011

The film twists and turns from scene to scene, carrying the audience on the some whirlwind mind-game...

| Jun 11, 2011

Middle fingers aimed directly at the Establishment - both in tainted Tinseltown and the rest of a pre-Reagan America - are rarely as masterful as this brazen bird flip.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jun 4, 2011

Overall a funny, compelling and curious film that was sabotaged by the Hollywood suits.

| Original Score: B+ | Sep 7, 2010

O'Toole is excellent in his best, cleanest performance in years.

| Dec 1, 2008

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 28, 2007

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 25, 2007