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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- Partly reverent, mostly sendup, Just 45 Minutes From Broadway depicts theater folk as those lovably quirky people who can't stop performing in life, for better or worse. This film might be perfect for a preteen acting camp, or anyone whose eyes have that glowing, cultlike spark of the stage-obsessed.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco ChronicleIn the end, there is something to be said for letting actors loose on a roller-coaster ride, but from time to time, someone needs to be operating the brakes.
- 40Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleAn investment in theatrical self-indulgence with diminishing returns.
- 40Village VoiceVillage VoiceIn an overlong sequence shot to resemble an actual play, the acting feels so forced, the staging so wooden, that it's impossible to be fully engaged in what's actually going on. The actual story is, if not quite rote, certainly nothing new.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThis Chekhovian-style comedy about a group of neurotic actors endlessly kibitzing during a weekend at a country house might have some appeal for self-absorbed thespians, but "civilians," as they're derisively referred to in the film, will find little of interest here.
- 40Time OutTime OutEventually, the self-regarding acting clan admits they're only human after all. By then, the audience may want to disown them.
- 20New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanThough Jaglom intends for us to be charmed by show folk, the amateurish performances and perennially misjudged direction wind up portraying them instead as boundlessly needy narcissists.
- 12Slant MagazineSlant MagazineHenry Jaglom applies what must by now qualify as a tradition of pointless agitation to the disruption of theater. Unsurprisingly, the results are disastrous.