Rotten
Mickey Rourke is a grizzled ex-CIA assassin improbably mentoring Nat Wolff's misfit teen in this lukewarm genre jumble.
Dennis Harvey, Variety
Ashby
Life is about knowing how to take a hit.
2015 · 1h 42m · R
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Tony McNamara
Overview
When new kid in town Ed Wallis is given an assignment to interview an older person, he turns to his mysterious neighbor, Ashby Holt for help. That new connection leads to unexpected journeys for both of them, as Ashby – who turns out to be a retired CIA assassin – deals with a terminal prognosis, and Ed deals with adjusting to life with his newly single mom and developing relationship with a brainy classmate, Eloise.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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Rotten
Folks buying a ticket to Ashby hoping to see a film about the late-great director of Being There and Harold and Maude are about to be sorely disappointed. So is everyone else.
Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly
Rotten
It's a quirky life-lessons setup that, while occasionally earning deadpan laughs, tries for but never achieves Wes Anderson's patented mixture of the archly witty and the sneakily emotional.
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
It's a comedy afraid of being too funny lest its macho sentimentality seem even more ridiculous than it is, and a drama afraid of appearing too serious lest you dismiss it as hogwash.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
Fresh
A winning film about reconciling one's self-image with reality.
John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter
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