Man in the Chair

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

it's his desire to get his film made that is the driving force.....Inspiration finally strikes after Flash dismisses Cameron's vague story ideas....the film as a whole doesn't rise to level of his magnificent performance....he fashions an entertaining story that calls attention to nursing home abuse and clothes it with a deep love of cinema..... ... Full Review

this heartfelt drama capture the thrill of moviemaking.... ... Full Review

Please make every effort to see this wonderful, under-the-radar film. Man in the Chair' is an original screenplay, written and directed by Michael Schroeder, whose most recent works were primarily low budget genre features and commercials. ... Full Review

A fair-to-middling contemporary fantasy drama that, despite its surfeit of flashy effects, is mildly charming in the way it addresses the injustice of old folk having to live out their final years in decrepit homes. ... Full Review

the lost art of classic Hollywood cinema....if Flash's chronic drinking doesn't sabotage the project as it once did his entire career.....one wishes the film around him was worthy of his performance.....the legendary Golden Age screenwriter Mickey Hopkins (M. Emmet Walsh)..... ... Full Review