Critic Reviews

• Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times

  Malcolm McDowell is thoroughly engaging in Never Apologize: A Personal Visit With Lindsay Anderson.

• V.A. Musetto, New York Post

  The film Never Apologize... doesn't sound like compelling viewing. But when the man on the stage is actor Malcolm McDowell and his subject is British filmmaker Lindsay Anderson, the viewing is entertaining and touching.

• Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York

  But the actor too earnestly prolongs readings from the director's diaries and letters, turning the experience into more of an undisciplined airing of bitchy candor.

• Anthony Quinn, Independent

  McDowell's affectionate, mischievous impersonations and clips from Anderson's body of work make for an easy couple of hours.

• Martin Hoyle, Financial Times

  An uncinematic form, perhaps, but of absorbing interest to cinema-lovers.

• Kevin Harley, Total Film

  His account of Anderson's demise moves, but by then, this arch-raconteur's bluster may have sand-papered your patience.

• Tim Evans, Sky Movies

  Affectionate, mischievous and informative, it's a rewarding insight into one of Britain's largely forgotten celluloid heroes.

• Mike McCahill, Daily Telegraph

  It's not great cinema, but it's never less than good fun; watch it in conjunction with Anderson's recently published diaries, and you'll get a sense of a unique, irreplaceable and finally very human talent.

• Peter Bradshaw, Guardian [UK]

  Whether it can justify a bigger release remains to be seen, though it's gossipy and amusing, and McDowell incidentally shows no strain in carrying such a long solo stage piece.

• Steve Watson, Film4

  For anyone interested in the life and work of Lindsay Anderson, however, and indeed the British New Wave more generally, Never Apologize is an illuminating piece of film.

• Patrick Peters, Empire Magazine

  There's plenty of fascinating material here, yet many of the anecdotes fall flat.

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