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The Critic

Ambition seduces. Power corrupts.

5.8(121)20241h 41m4

Jimmy Erskine is the most feared theatre critic of the age. He lives as flamboyantly as he writes and takes pleasure in savagely taking down any actor who fails to meet his standards. When the owner of the Daily Chronicle dies, and his son takes over, Jimmy quickly finds himself at odds with his new boss and his position under threat. In an attempt to preserve the power and influence he holds so sacred, Jimmy strikes a Faustian pact with a struggling actress, entangling them and the boss in a thrilling but deadly web of desire, blackmail, and betrayal.

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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$824.5K
Language
English
  • blackmail
  • deception
  • murder
  • critic
  • 1930s
  • stage actress
  • theatre
  • actress

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Director

Anand Tucker

Produced in

United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalR13 Sept 2024
    • Digital / OTTR29 Oct 2024
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1513 Sept 2024
    • Digital / OTT1528 Oct 2024
    • Physical15Blu-ray & DVD9 Dec 2024
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalM3 Oct 2024
  • CanadaCA

    • PremiereToronto International Film Festival7 Sept 2023
  • FranceFR

    • Digital / OTTCanal+15 Mar 2025
    • TVCanal+15 Mar 2025
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1213 Mar 2025
  • ItalyIT

    • Digital / OTT13 Sept 2024
    • Theatrical3 Apr 2025
  • New ZealandNZ

    • TheatricalM3 Oct 2024
  • SpainES

    • Theatrical1629 Oct 2024

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The Critic was released on 13 September 2024.

Audience reviews

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    CinemaSerf

    9/22/2024

    6/10

    If you saw Sir Ian McKellen with fellow thesp Sir Derek Jacobi in the television sitcom "Vicious" from around ten years ago, you'll be able to anticipate the gist of his characterisation of the acerbic theatre critic "Erskine" who is way more famed for distributing bile rather than bouquets. His new boss (Mark Strong) wants the newspaper to appeal to an altogether more wholesome family audience and so wants him to to…

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