Despite the fact that The Doorman features dozens of cameos by real-life boldface names, the film itself is a mess.
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09/23/08
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The Doorman (2008)
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Reviews Counted: 18
Fresh: 5
Rotten:13
Average Rating: 4.1/10
Rated: Not Rated
Genre: Comedies
Theatrical Release: Jul 18, 2008 Limited
Synopsis: A documentary film crew has set out to make an insiders guide to the nightlife of New York, inspired by a chance Fashion Week meeting with it's most powerful nightclub doorman, Trevor W. Trevor will "star" in the doc, his idea being to... [More]
Reviews for The Doorman
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[Director] Price keeps the humor believably shallow and the movie from getting too far from the aim of chronicling an exclusivity junkie's fall.
09/12/08
Top Critic The influences for this poorly-made mock documentary are fairly obvious and if Lucas Akoskin was even 1/10th as funny as Sacha Baron Cohen, this movie might have worked.
07/20/08
Conjuring up memories of happier experiences gone by is the prime means of enduring such across-the-board ineptitude.
07/19/08
Slip this mockumentary into the “Not Worthy of Theatrical Release” file.
07/18/08
A mockumentary about the people who run Manhattan nightlife, has solid-gold satire at its cocaine-stained fingertips.
07/18/08
Top Critic With such an unconvincing center, all the air-kissing and second-hand glamour in the world can't make the film's mock-doc conceit hold.
07/18/08
Built on an amusing idea that can't quite support an entire movie, Wayne Price's comedic debut might have made a terrific short.
07/18/08
A laugh out loud comedy and a must see film! One of the most clever mockumentaries I've seen in quite some time.
07/16/08
Not until the goofy closing credits does the film hit its tonal stride and nail what could have been its saving, salient theme: the absurd lines that fancy people draw (and obey) to make themselves feel special on a Saturday night.
07/16/08
Exclusionary velvet-rope culture cant be satirized enough, but woe be to secondhand Sacha Baron Cohens who dont seem clear on the concept of mockumentary.
07/16/08
"The Doorman" is a thinly written indie comedy--it's only 79 minutes long--that will have you kicking yourself for wasting whatever time and money you spent to watch it.
07/14/08
Those of us in the movie audience may find little to cheer in a vehicle that falls short of entertainment.
06/04/08
It's not enough to have an English-language-mangling actor bumble improvisationally among real people: You need structure, and situations crafted enough to escalate mild amusement toward hilarity.
06/03/08
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