Alan Clay, a struggling American businessman, travels to Saudi Arabia to sell a new technology to the King, only to be challenged by endless Middle Eastern bureaucracy, a perpetually absent monarch, and a suspicious growth on his back.
If it sounds like Hologram is basically about a middle-aged white guy getting his groove back in the Middle East, well, yes, it is that. But if you squint hard enough, it's also a little bit more.
– Chris Nashawaty,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Apr 2016
rotten:
To describe this as a movie about a mediocre businessman biding his time before an appointment probably makes it sound more exciting than it is.
– Kyle Smith,
New York Post,
22 Apr 2016
rotten:
Not even the mighty Tom Hanks can save this scattershot adaptation of Dave Eggers' lost-soul novel
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
22 Apr 2016
rotten:
It looks expensive and comes off bland.
– Rex Reed,
New York Observer,
28 Apr 2016
fresh:
It's hard to imagine a more Tom Hanks-y setup than this.