This is a complete waste of time. A lame movie chalk full of many great actors. Did all these guys owe the director a favor??? I'm really not fond of movies about making a movie, especially when they're supposed to be "comedy" but with a some what serious tone. It was extreme...( read more)
Rebecca Pidgeon, Clark Gregg, Julia Stiles
Pity the poor film director (William H. Macy). He's arrived with cast and crew in the perfectly Rockwellian town of Waterford, Vermont, only to discover that the local mill--a crucial location for hi...( read more
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DVD Release Date: June 19, 2001
Stats: 364 reviews
Flixster Reviews (364)
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July 28, 2008
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September 13, 2007
Walt Price: How are we coming with the dead horse scene?
Marty Rossen: You can't actually kill the horse.
Walt Price: Aw, fuck me!
Writer/Director David Mamet uses his style of dialog in a new fashion, comedy. This is a very funny movie with a great ensemble cast.
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December 26, 2006
I could rate this higher if Mamet had stayed with his original ending, rather than going for the standard "Mamet-bait-and-switch" trick.
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October 20, 2009
David Mamet's sharp Hollywood satire is a sly, acidically-witted and often hilarious poke in the eyes to the egos, personal lives and would-be wit of the people who make movies. "The Old Mill" has come to the small, idyllic hamlet of Waterford, Vermont ("Where is it? That's where...( read more)
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August 4, 2009
Someone as clever and groundbreaking as David Mamet certainly knows the horrors of making a commercial Hollywood film- the problem is that most of us know all about that thanks to the countless other movies on the subject. Still, Mamet's infamously original dialogue and a terrifi...( read more)
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December 10, 2008
This is a fun quirky film about people making a film. The character driven piece is quite entertaining and funny. Has a really good cast.
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December 6, 2008
It works, despite some annoyances and seeming missed opportunities. Rebecca Pidgeon looked exactly like Charlotte Gainsbourg and I thought she actually was until I read the credits. That put me off, and I didn't like her performance, whoever she was anyway.
Critic Reviews
A film of unexpected warmth and geniality. full review
It's Mamet in a lighthearted mood, playing with dialogue, repeating phrases just because he likes them, and supplying us with a closing line that achieves, I think, a kind of greatness. full review
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