Man in the Chair

I would like to tell everyone out there, the director and everyone that words on this film did a superb job! I have waited over almost 1 year to see this film, and I was able to view a consideration version...... Full review

Men in the chair is definitely not average film! Dialogs, assorted with Nietzsches bywords constitute wonderful film, with excellent performance! Christopher Plummer makes a step forward, improves film to higher level, with character Flash Madden, and Michael Angarano follows him right... Full review

It makes an attempt to tug on your heart strings, but this film was convoluted, disjointed and the use of the jump-cut, washed-out segments was annoying. Kept looking at my watch during this film. Plummer and the kid have done better... Full review

Dont get me wrong, this movie is "ok". But it's not thaaaaat great. First of all the visuals are horrible, i dont know what they were trying to do with all these weird camera angles etc. They just hurt the movie.... Full review

Once again, the politics of money are keeping a superb moving film from the general public. It looks like Netflix will be the only real source to allow folks to be inspired by anything less than 100 million dollars anymore. What... Full review

Man in the chair is a touching and gives us a glimse of the grim life in a nursing home. It leaves one with a warm feeling . I liked it... Full review

Christopher Plummer gives a magnificent performance that should not be overlooked. Check this film out if you can. He is so charismatic on screen and breathes life into a seemingly tired storyline. He is a real treasure and it is great... Full review

Christopher Plummer gives a magnificent performance that should not be overlooked. Check this film out if you can. He is so charismatic on screen and breathes life into a seemingly tired storyline. He is a real treasure and it is great... Full review

I'd heard some good things about this film but not from trusted sources and having seen it i can't agree. Man in the Chair is a very average film. It is not terrible compelling to watch and is very obvious in... Full review

Despite a compelling theme, some truly sparkling dialogue, and terrific performances by misters Plummer, Wagner, and Walsh, this film comes across rather uneven. The direction is heavy-handed, at times bordering on trite, the production design doesn't contribute much, and the photography... Full review

Christopher Plummer gives a knockout performance as an alcoholic veteran movie electrician who rallies the inmates at a home for elderly film folk to assist a high-school movie buff in making a competition picture. It's all about character, respect and dignity and is likeable if not always convincing. ... Full Review

In short, Man in the Chair is worth seeing for Christopher Plummer's superb performance but the under-developed script means that it's never as emotionally satisfying as it should have been. The Bad Unfortunately, the film is at least 20 minutes too long, ensuring that the already fairly weak plot rather overstays its welcome. ... Full Review

Angarano does well to hold his own against such a powerhouse.....Best of these is M. Emmet Walsh, on fine tear-jerking form as a blocked screenwriter living in appalling squalor..... ... Full Review

Sappy, yet equally humorous and rousing, Man in the Chair is a touching film that will make audiences believe....Nearly unrecognizable Christopher Plummer delivers an outstanding performance as the only surviving crew member from Citizen Kane.....Plummer isn't the only thespian that seems rejuvenated by telling this classic underdog tale..... ... Full Review

Sappy, yet equally humorous and rousing, Man in the Chair  is a touching film that will make audiences believe....Plummer has so expertly created.Plummer isn't the only thespian that seems rejuvenated by telling this classic underdog tale..... ... Full Review

by Melissa Rose Kimbler | Published March 21, 2008 Everyone knows that art has the power to entertain, but sometimes it also has the ability to educate simply by showing real life. ... Full Article

By Carl Hoover | Wednesday, February 20, 2008, 11:41 AM Six films open Friday in Waco - mainstream releases Vantage Point, Charlie Bartlett, Witless Protection and Be Kind Rewind plus, surprise, the French animated (and black-and-white) adaptation of Persepolis (Oscar-nominated... ... Full Article

Christopher Plummer's performance as an alcoholic stumblebum and one-time Hollywood gaffer has been hailed, though it could hardly be in acknowledgement of its realism. Plummer, as the cigar-puffing curmudgeon "Flash", is sought out by a movie-mad teen (Michael Angarano) who... ... Full Article

Indeed, I was kind of shocked, while researching some information for this review, that Plummer has never been nominated for an Academy Award, and that his lone Golden Globe nomination was for playing F. ... Full Article

Cameron enlists the assistance of a reluctant retired gaffer named Flash, the only surviving crew member from the legendary film, "Citizen Kane." Flash taps into the unused talent of his elderly retired filmmaker friends at the Motion Picture Retirement Home,... ... Full Article

Of all the movies to reference in "Man in the Chair," Michael Schroeder's hackneyed intergenerational drama that loses a touching story in a barrage of excessive editing, why in the world did the writer-director decide to use Orson Welles's masterpiece ... Full Article