Fresh
It's hard to imagine a more Tom Hanks-y setup than this.
Tom Huddleston, Time Out
A Hologram for the King
How far will you go? To find yourself.
2016 · 1h 37m · R
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Tom Tykwer
Overview
Alan Clay, a struggling American businessman, travels to Saudi Arabia to sell a new technology to the King, only to be challenged by endless Middle Eastern bureaucracy, a perpetually absent monarch, and a suspicious growth on his back.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
70%
Tomatometer
Rotten
It looks expensive and comes off bland.
Rex Reed, New York Observer
Rotten
Not even the mighty Tom Hanks can save this scattershot adaptation of Dave Eggers' lost-soul novel
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Rotten
To describe this as a movie about a mediocre businessman biding his time before an appointment probably makes it sound more exciting than it is.
Kyle Smith, New York Post
Fresh
If it sounds like Hologram is basically about a middle-aged white guy getting his groove back in the Middle East, well, yes, it is that. But if you squint hard enough, it's also a little bit more.
Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly
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