Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award5 wins & 27 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
The most resonant voice belongs to Welles, or rather to McKay, who uncannily channels the charm, ego and flim-flammery of the man who would soon move to Hollywood to direct and star in Citizen Kane.
– Joe Williams,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
17 Dec 2009
fresh:
Christian McKay's impersonation of young Orson Welles is sensational in this enjoyable, though slight, historical fiction about a teen who spends a memorable week with the legendary wonder.
– Kirk Honeycutt,
Hollywood Reporter,
11 Dec 2009
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The very name Orson Welles stands for genius wasted and betrayed, and the movie offers some foreshadowing of his triumphs and failures to come.
– Liam Lacey,
Globe and Mail,
11 Dec 2009
fresh:
A thoroughly enjoyable film that wraps a coming-of-age story around the portrait of a genius.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
11 Dec 2009
fresh:
It's an open question as to who, outside theater geeks, will find this inside-baseball approach quite as fascinating as Linklater apparently does.