The movie that proves that Zac Efron is a real actor, not just a teen star...The real find here is McKay, who has the music of Welles' voice tuned perfectly.
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11/23/09
Me and Orson Welles (2009)
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Reviews Counted:11
Fresh:8
Rotten:3
Average Rating:6.8/10
Synopsis: ME AND ORSON WELLES, Richard Linklater's new coming of age feature set in 1937 stars Disney teen throb Zac Efron, star of High School Musical, who stretches himself as an actor playing the young... [More]
Reviews for Me and Orson Welles
1 - 11 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Quippy, fast, and enjoyably corny, Welles is like a musical comedy without songs.
11/23/09
Top CriticThe filmmakers would have done better to make a film called "Orson Welles at the Mercury," and construct it around Christian McKay's impeccable interpretation of the man he played on the New York stage in "Rosebud: The Lives of Orson Welles."
11/22/09
A must-see for movie lovers and theater aficionados of every stripe.
11/21/09
A stunning performance by Christian McKay as the great Orson Welles lifts this from what could have been just frothy entertainment into the sphere of the sublime.
11/18/09
Zac Efron is light and slight as the protag of this intermittently insightful but not too deep tale of the audacious staging of Julius Caesar by the young Orson Welles, marvelously played by newcomer Christian McKay.
11/11/09
A light and frothy confection...
11/16/08
Whenever Christian McKay is on screen, it's transportive. So it's a shame that Linklater didn't see the egotistical irony in the title and just make a film all about Orson Welles. It's what he would have wanted.
09/16/08
A nicely-made, warmly-shaped story of life upon the wicked stage.
09/12/08
There are moments, especially when Welles is alternating between acting as Brutus and directing everyone else, that it's possible to forget you're watching an actor and really believe you're beholding Orson Welles at work.
09/09/08
Top CriticThough Me & Orson Welles is nice and smart and unobjectionable, it's the least exciting, least vibrant movie Linklater has ever made.
09/08/08
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