Critic Reviews
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Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Alternately superficial and profound.
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Vincent Canby, New York Times
A charming, witty meditation upon fakery, forgery, swindling and art, a movie that may itself be its own Exhibit A.
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Glenn Abel, Hollywood Reporter
Welcome to the philosophical fun house that is F for Fake, stuffed full of questions about the nature of art and authorship, illusion and reality, lies and truth.
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Adam Lippe, Examiner.com
Welles' assurance that you will be enthralled by his every word and oversized gesture is so arrogant, so refreshingly contemptuous, that you'd give him a round of applause, if you weren't sure he was doing that for himself every time he called, "cut."
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Jay Antani, Cinema Writer
gives the viewer the feeling that he's in Welles's expansive company...while he considers and pontificates on a pet topic. That in itself is a privilege, and reason enough to check out F for Fake
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Cast
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Orson Wellesas Himself -
Oja Kodaras The Girl -
Joseph Cottenas Guest
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François Reichenbachas Special Participant -
William Allandas Special Participant -
Peter Bogdanovichas Special Participant



