Fresh
Salinger triumphs, though, as an absorbing portrait of a singular man of mystery.
Ed Bark, Uncle Barky
Salinger
Uncover the mystery but don't spoil the secrets!
2013 · 2h 5m · PG-13
Documentary
Directed by
Shane Salerno
Overview
An in-depth investigation into the private world of the American writer J. D. Salinger (1919-2010), who lived most of his life behind the impenetrable wall of a self-imposed seclusion: how his dramatic experiences during World War II influenced his life and work, his relationships with very young women, his obsessive writing methods, his many literary secrets.
Director and cast
- Shane Salerno Director
- Michael Mcdermott as Self - Photojournalist
- A. E. Hotchner as Self - Writer
- Jean Miller as Self - Salinger's Friend
- Gore Vidal as Self - Writer
- Tom Wolfe as Self - Writer
- John Guare as Self - Playwright
- Philip Seymour Hoffman as Self - Actor
- Martin Sheen as Self - Actor
- Harvey Jason as Self - Rare Bookseller
- Paul Alexander as Self - Salinger's Biographer
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
39%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Too bad that Salinger offers no real insight into the elusive writer and is fueled almost entirely by trivial anecdotes.
Neal Justin, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Rotten
The movie has a shallow, paparazzo literalism. It just wants to catch the legendarily reclusive Salinger getting into a Jeep.
Wesley Morris, Grantland
Fresh
What emerges is a portrait of an enigma.
Soren Anderson, Seattle Times
Fresh
Where Salinger succeeds is in the gripping section on World War II, and in the exquisite, often melancholy details in the stories told by the likes of Joyce Maynard.
Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times
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