Rotten
Shoddy and never credible, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh is an ungainly coming-of-age drama based on a (hopefully much better) novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon.
Tom Keogh, Seattle Times
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
Sometimes life leads you to the most mysterious places.
2008 · 1h 35m · R
Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Rawson Marshall Thurber
Overview
Based on Michael Chabon's novel, the film chronicles the defining summer of a recent college graduate who crosses his gangster father and explores love, sexuality, and the enigmas surrounding his life and his city.
Director and cast
- Rawson Marshall Thurber Director
- Jon Foster as Art Bechstein
- Peter Sarsgaard as Cleveland Arning
- Sienna Miller as Jane Bellwether
- Mena Suvari as Phlox Lombardi
- Nick Nolte as Joe Bechstein
- Omid Abtahi as Mohammed
- Marc Macaulay as Lenny Burns
- Stephen Liska as Jimmy Breezy
- Shannon Williams as Lurch
- Joe Fishel Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
12%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh seems to be missing an essential element of drama, of risk, underneath its glossy, golden sheen.
Dan Zak, Washington Post
Rotten
The movie is all over the place and it loses its focus.
Ben Lyons, At the Movies
Rotten
I can't imagine the novel's characters were this flat, formulaic and puzzling in their behavior.
Ben Mankiewicz, At the Movies
Rotten
The real mystery about The Mysteries of Pittsburgh is how writer-director Rawson Marshall Thurber could turn Michael Chabon's delightful debut novel into such a bore.
Lou Lumenick, New York Post
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