Manglehorn
You get one shot at life. Try not to miss.
You get one shot at life. Try not to miss.
Drama
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2015
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AJ Manglehorn is an aging, ordinary guy in a small town. He nurses his sick cat, squeezes out a conversation with the local bank teller every Friday, and eats at the same place every day. But there is more to Manglehorn than meets the eye: he’s an ex-con who, 40 years ago, gave up the woman of his dreams for a big ‘job’. After a dramatic effort to start over, Manglehorn faces a terrifying moment and is unmasked as a guy with a very, very dark past.
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Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
97 min
Release date:
3 Jun 2015
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$4,000,000
Revenue:
$143,101
Awards:
1 nomination total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
At least we get Pacino and Hunter. We may not understand why this story appealed to them, except for the fact that it gave them a chance to work together.
– David Lewis,
San Francisco Chronicle,
16 Jul 2015
rotten:
Sure, there's an undeniable pleasure from watching Pacino and Hunter work the screen, but the syrupy, symbol-heavy script by first-time feature writer Paul Logan is weighed down further by cliches and false notes.
– Michael O'Sullivan,
Washington Post,
9 Jul 2015
rotten:
If Manglehorn is to be remembered at all, it shall be for the excruciating first date that its title character goes on with a chirpy bank clerk he has long been chatting up.
– Steven Rea,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
2 Jul 2015
rotten:
This is definitely a lonely-man-talking-to-his-cat movie.
– Mark Feeney,
Boston Globe,
2 Jul 2015
fresh:
I spent most of the movie admiring Pacino's discipline in the role instead of believing he was the character.
– J. R. Jones,
Chicago Reader,
25 Jun 2015