Rotten
"The Paperboy" is one of those rare examples where you might wish the movie was less faithful to the book.
Rafer Guzman, Newsday
Overview
A reporter returns to his Florida hometown to investigate a case involving a death row inmate.
Director and cast
- Lee Daniels Director
- Zac Efron as Jack Jansen
- Matthew McConaughey as Ward Jansen
- Nicole Kidman as Charlotte Bless
- David Oyelowo as Yardley Acheman
- Macy Gray as Anita / Narrator
- John Cusack as Hillary Van Wetter
- Scott Glenn as W.W. Jansen
- Ned Bellamy as Tyree van Wetter
- Nealla Gordon as Ellen Guthrie
- Edrick Browne as Hustler #1
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
45%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Yes, it's a dizzying stew set to boil.
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
Rotten
The Paperboy is southern Gothic wallowing in the swamp of low camp. And if the wallowing were deliberate, this might have been hugely funny.
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
Rotten
The Paperboy bears some promise as a good-bad movie, but it unfolds as a bad-bad one.
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Rotten
It's a movie that seems to have a mild form of heatstroke: it's blurry, as if filmed long ago, and feverish, and the story wanders all over the place as if lost in a bayou. When it's over, you want to wipe your brow.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
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