The Critic

The Critic (2024)

London, 1934: Als der berüchtigte Theaterkritiker Jimmy Erskine seinen Job wie seinen hedonistischen Lebensstil gefährdet sieht, spinnt er ein gefährliches Netz aus Intrige und Erpressung. Schauspiellegende Ian McKellen glänzt in dem packenden Thriller THE CRITIC als faszinierender Antiheld im Mittelpunkt eines Faust’schen Pakts.

Erscheinungsdatum
2024-09-13
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (122)
Laufzeit
1 Std. 41 Min.
Genres
Thriller, Krimi, Drama, Mystery
Regie
Anand Tucker

Besetzung

Wissenswertes

The Critic is a 2023 British period thriller film directed by Anand Tucker and written by Patrick Marber, based on the 2015 novel Curtain Call by Anthony Quinn. The film stars Ian McKellen, Gemma Arterton, Mark Strong, Ben Barnes, Alfred Enoch, Romola Garai, and Lesley Manville.

Production

It was announced in November 2020 that Colin Firth, Gemma Arterton, Simon Russell Beale and Paapa Essiedu were set to star in the film, at the time titled Curtain Call like the source novel, with Anand Tucker directing and Patrick Marber writing the screenplay. By February 2021, filming was expected to begin later that year.

In June 2022, the film was retitled The Critic, with Firth, Beale and Essiedu no longer involved. Ian McKellen, Mark Strong, Lesley Manville, Romola Garai, Ben Barnes and Alfred Enoch were announced to be joining Arterton, and production began in London. In July 2024 it was announced that the film would be released in UK cinemas on 13 September 2024.

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