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Interview (2007)

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Reviews Counted:120

Fresh:69

Rotten:51

Average Rating:6/10

Consensus: Captivating performances from Steve Buscemi and Sienna Miller make a seemingly simple premise gripping and entertaining.

Runtime: 84 mins

Genre: Dramas

US Box Office: $252,499

Synopsis: The plot of actor/director Steve Buscemi's INTERVIEW is devilishly simple: a political journalist (Buscemi) is sent on a clearly beneath-him assignment to meet an attractive B-list soap star... The plot of actor/director Steve Buscemi's INTERVIEW is devilishly simple: a political journalist (Buscemi) is sent on a clearly beneath-him assignment to meet an attractive B-list soap star celebrity (Sienna Miller). He makes a mess of the interview, but winds up at her Manhattan loft apartment following an unfortunate car accident. Thus begins an intriguing two-character plot arc in which the mismatched couple argue, drink, snort cocaine, argue some more, and ultimately find some common ground as they both loosen up and reveal some secrets. Buscemi's film is a remake of deceased Dutch director Theo Van Gogh's 2003 movie of the same name, and the director throws in a few neat references to the original, even aping Van Gogh's predilection for shooting on three cameras. Miller fits perfectly into the role of a disgruntled celebrity who can't contain her anger at the press, while Buscemi delivers an acting master class as the full-of-himself intellectual whose conversation is fueled by a haughty toleration for his sparring partner. INTERVIEW is a lengthy conversation piece that probably has more in common with an off-Broadway play than it does with any of Buscemi's filmmaking contemporaries, but it works, thanks to Buscemi's impressive direction and the superior source material, both of which provide plenty of scope for the two leads to flex their skills. [More]

Starring: Steve Buscemi, Sienna Miller

Starring: Steve Buscemi, Sienna Miller

Director: Steve Buscemi

Director: Steve Buscemi
Screenwriter: Steve Buscemi, David Schechter
Producer: Gijs van de Westelaken, Bruce Weiss
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics

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Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald | comment Comment
12/01/07
Sydney Morning Herald
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The wonderful thing about Interview is that we have no idea where it is going to lead. It's honest, conflicted and surprising, as journalist and actress battle words and emotions in a potent drama that takes us to unexpected places

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
11/17/07
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11/20/08
Fred Topel
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Full Review Source: NPR.org | comment Comment
10/18/08
Bob Mondello
Bob Mondello
NPR.org

The resulting film is a boring hour-and-a-half of watching two immature adults sink down to the Lord of the Flies lowest for no reason and hurl bile and vitriol at each other.

Full Review Source: ReelzChannel.com | comment Comment
08/25/08
Heather Huntington
Heather Huntington
ReelzChannel.com

The movie really started off on a good note, but then it just got repetitive.

Full Review Source: Sin Magazine | comment Comment
08/22/08
Austin Kennedy
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Sin Magazine

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Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
08/07/08
Jonathan Kiefer
Jonathan Kiefer
Sacramento News & Review

From its opening frame to its final revelation, Interview hums with life.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
12/12/07
Matt McKillop
Matt McKillop
Filmcritic.com

Interview comes across more like an acting exercise than a workable story.

Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com | comment Comment
12/12/07
David Cornelius
David Cornelius
DVDTalk.com

I can't get on the Sienna Miller bandwagon. I can damn with faint praise: she's perfectly competent as an actor -- but that's it.

Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher | comment Comment
12/09/07
MaryAnn Johanson
MaryAnn Johanson
Flick Filosopher

Interview is well-made but depends almost entirely on its acting. Neither of the two principals let it down, even when the screenplay isn't quite as sharp as it could have been.

Full Review Source: This is London | comment Comment
11/02/07
Derek Malcolm
Derek Malcolm
This is London

Sienna Miller as an airhead celeb more famous for her sex life than her movies? Quite a stretch for the British actress.

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11/02/07
Neil Smith
Neil Smith
thelondonpaper

It pretends to be about the games of deceit that go on between men and women, but it's really just a squib on the culture of celebrity, and the cynical conclusion that's meant to pull us up short is feeble and silly beyond patience.

Full Review Source: Independent | comment Comment
11/02/07
Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn
Independent

The friskiness of this pas de deux is something, and the acting duet enough of a selling point.

Full Review Source: Daily Telegraph | comment Comment
11/02/07
Tim Robey
Tim Robey
Daily Telegraph

A talky, tricksy but never particularly convincing or involving drama.

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11/02/07
Karl French
Karl French
Financial Times

There can hardly be a bigger waste of time than this conceited and self-indulgent two-hander directed by Steve Buscemi, remade from a Theo Van Gogh film.

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11/02/07
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]
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Sienna does a good job of portraying Katya as a blonde, self-obsessed actress who is good at turning on the tears. Remarkable that.

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11/02/07
Sun Online
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The constant see-sawing of emotion eventually becomes repetitive and wearisome.

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11/02/07
Kevin Maher
Kevin Maher
Times [UK]
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There’s some nicely written dialogue in this remake of a foreign movie, but it’s all extremely unsatisfying thanks to a so-what? ending and the script’s inability to make us warm to its two principal characters.

Full Review Source: Daily Mirror [UK] | comment Comment
11/02/07
David Edwards
David Edwards
Daily Mirror [UK]

Snappy exchanges, smart acting and slick directing go to make up a wickedly entertaining work that's hugely enjoyable. A deft story about modern-day celebrity culture, it also proves what a talent Buscemi is as a director.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
11/02/07
James Mottram
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Channel 4 Film
 
 
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