The Understudy (2012)
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57% of users liked it
(110 ratings)
Terminally unemployed, dating challenged Rebecca (Marin Ireland) thinks she's scored her big break on Broadway by landing a job with the fickle Ian (Richard Kind) helping him manage the darling diva Simone (Kelli Giddish). Instead of a dream job, Rebecca finds herself scrubbing floors while… More Terminally unemployed, dating challenged Rebecca (Marin Ireland) thinks she's scored her big break on Broadway by landing a job with the fickle Ian (Richard Kind) helping him manage the darling diva Simone (Kelli Giddish). Instead of a dream job, Rebecca finds herself scrubbing floors while careening from one disastrous relationship to the next. When Simone confronts her, she "accidentally" shoves her down a flight of stairs. Suddenly a star is born as Rebecca takes over, but then a bigger Diva is brought in, The Great Greta (Gloria Reuben). What to do? Kill your way to the top... -- (C) Indican
- Directed By
- David Conolly, Hannah Davis
- Written By
- David Conolly, Hannah Davis
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Mar 16, 2012 Limited
- Studio
- Indican Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Neil Genzlinger, New York Times
"The Understudy" isn't abysmal, though it certainly is off target.
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Andrew Schenker, Village Voice
Seems at times to aspire to being an edgy look at the transgressions a would-be Broadway star will commit to land the big role. Other times, it seems unsure of what it wants to be at all.
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Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times
It's all sharp, well-performed stuff until things go from darkly comic to just plain dark, derailing -- and dragging out -- the otherwise absorbing story. Still, this one's a cut above.
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Cast
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Martin Ireland
as Rebecca Kinsman
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Kelli Giddish
as Simone Harwin
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Aasif Mandvi
as Sarfras
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Gloria Reuben
as Greta
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Marcia de Bonis
as Alison
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Paul Sparks
as Bobby
- Tom Wopat
- Richard Kind
- Amy Redford
- Scott Cohen
- David Melville
- M. Neko Parham
- Reiko Aylesworth
- Peter McRobbie
- Dee Hoty
- Jean Boht
- Marin Ireland
