November 22, 2009
i love zac efron and it would be great watching this movie
Ben Chaplin, Christian McKay, Claire Danes
Set in 1937, the story centers on a high school student (Efron) who, while strolling the streets of New York, happens upon the yet-to-open Mercury Theatre and is noticed by its mercurial founder, Orso...( read more
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Flixster Reviews (101)
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November 20, 2009Well made in every way, apart from the fact that it's a little slow!
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November 13, 2009This was the guy who freaked the world out by telling War of the Worlds on the radio.HAHAHAHA!
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October 15, 200917 years old Richard Samuels (Zac Efron) meets Broadway Theater Director named Orson Welles (Christian McKay) convinces to give him the role as Lucillus in Broadway's Julius Caesar as Broadway's first Shakespearean production in 1937.
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January 25, 2009I want to see it cause Zac is in it!!!!I don't even know what it's about!!!!!!! :)
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Critic Reviews
November 25, 2009
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
November 24, 2009
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
This is a standard coming-of-age story set in a milieu that's anything but standard, and that's what keeps the picture's motor running. full review
November 24, 2009
Claudia Puig, USA Today
It's slight, only sporadically enjoyable and sometimes corny. full review
November 21, 2009
Pete Hammond, Back Stage
A must-see for movie lovers and theater aficionados of every stripe. full review
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