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Manglehorn

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2015 · 1h 37m · PG-13 Drama
Directed by David Gordon Green

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Overview

AJ Manglehorn is an aging, ordinary guy in a small town. He nurses his sick cat, squeezes out a conversation with the local bank teller every Friday, and eats at the same place every day. But there is more to Manglehorn than meets the eye: he’s an ex-con who, 40 years ago, gave up the woman of his dreams for a big ‘job’. After a dramatic effort to start over, Manglehorn faces a terrifying moment and is unmasked as a guy with a very, very dark past.

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At least we get Pacino and Hunter. We may not understand why this story appealed to them, except for the fact that it gave them a chance to work together.

David Lewis, San Francisco Chronicle
Rotten

Sure, there's an undeniable pleasure from watching Pacino and Hunter work the screen, but the syrupy, symbol-heavy script by first-time feature writer Paul Logan is weighed down further by cliches and false notes.

Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
Rotten

If Manglehorn is to be remembered at all, it shall be for the excruciating first date that its title character goes on with a chirpy bank clerk he has long been chatting up.

Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Rotten

This is definitely a lonely-man-talking-to-his-cat movie.

Mark Feeney, Boston Globe
Fresh

I spent most of the movie admiring Pacino's discipline in the role instead of believing he was the character.

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader

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