The Hoax

The Hoax (2007)

  • 85% of critics liked it
    (150 reviews)

  • 55% of users liked it
    (29,320 ratings)

Director Lasse Hallström offers a brisk account of the scam that shook the literary community with this semi-comic biographical drama starring Richard Gere as the man who sold a fraudulent biography of Howard Hughes to publishing giant McGraw Hill. The year was 1971; the Vietnam War was raging and… More

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R, 1 hr. 55 min.
Directed By
Lasse Hallström
Written By
William Wheeler
Genres
Drama, Comedy
In Theaters
Apr 6, 2007 Wide
On DVD
Oct 16, 2007
Miramax Films

Critic Reviews

  • Jack Mathews, New York Daily News

    It's hard to get a fix on what Hallstrom had in mind.

  • Claudia Puig, USA Today

    Highly entertaining.

  • Lou Lumenick, New York Post

    I've never been a fan of Richard Gere, but he gives the performance of his career as Clifford Irving.

  • Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

    ... a serious and amusing black farce that does without obvious heroes or villains ...

  • Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine

    Gere persuasively portrays a guy whose confidence blossoms as he makes the discovery that as his lies grow so does the ease with which he tells them.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Bob S


    enjoyable perfomance by Gere

  • Arash X


    "Never let the truth get in the way of a good story"

  • paul s


    an intertaining film with some masterful directing touches by Lasse, but in the end I couldn't get over the David Suskind charactor - just too hyped up, and those bizarre non-sequitors - really drove this from an 8-9 down to a 7. The story itself and the way in which it was… More

  • Fernando Rafael Q


    Directed by Lasse Hallström, THE HOAX is a movie that stands out because of its clever, rich script and its classic look. The cast is fine (but could've been better) with Alfred Molina and Stanley Tucci being the best, closely followed by Marcia Gay Harden and Richard Gere..

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