Starting Out in the Evening

I normally don't enjoy movies without Aliens or explosions, but this was a very good movie. The pace was perfect. I was always interested in what was going on. The acting was great. The script was very good. I had to... Full review

STARTING OUT IN THE EVENING is a quietly moving work of art, a film adapted from Brian Morton's novel by screenwriters Fred Parnes and Andrew Wagner and directed by Andrew Wagner that dares to take us to the wall with decisions... Full review

I read the book about 3 years ago and had difficulty with its depressing story then. The movie script out-did the book in its dreariness. With a chance to explore the dynamics of the literary world, and what drives the creativity... Full review

"Life is tough, and then...," describes this movie, where three people who are finding life to be tough, unrewarding, and difficult to maneuver are drawn together in a complex relationship where the screenwriter and director leave just the faintest glimmer of... Full review

Starting Out In The Evening is a film high on aspirations, but short on substance. It is among a small list of films to come out in recent years that attempt to understand the world surrounding a literary genius. While the... Full review

Unlike many movies, I found myself continually wanting to know what happens next. I was not watching a movie, so much as seeing the writing process examined, explored, and enacted on the screen. The director doesn't mind taking his time to... Full review

'Starting Out In The Evening' is a decidedly little movie, but it's complex, you-interpret-it subject matter has a faint whiff of Oscar bait. Frank Langella is Leonard Schiller, an elderly writer whose life is redefined by a series of interviews with... Full review

Greetings again from the darkness. I saw two films here. One was spellbinding, fascinating and enlightening and featured a top-notch performance from Frank Langella. The "other" film was anytime Lauren Ambrose ("Six Feet Under") appeared on screen. Every time she opened... Full review

This is my second viewing of the movie and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Just as some of the critics reviewed, Langella is the center of gravity for this movie and he delivered a pitch-perfect performance deserving an Oscar award. The supporting... Full review

Some writers receive early praise in their careers. Some even more talented ones never get their due because their work is not commercially satisfactory. In fact, it could be said that fame eludes a lot of brilliant authors who, as in... Full review

Starting Out in the Evening is a smart film that is ultimately undone by the directors preening and self-conscious style. Much like the film, Wagners commentary is long-winded, overly self-conscious, and taxing. ... Full Review

Venerable character actor Frank Langella takes a finely tuned starring turn in the contained character study "Starting Out in the Evening. His staid and orderly existence is disrupted by Heather Wolfe ( Lauren Ambrose ), a smart and lovely graduate student who wants to interview him to write her master thesis on his work. ... Full Review

"Starting Out in the Evening" has two immense strengths going for it: a great performance -- by Frank Langella -- and a great idea -- the importance of Literature, with a capital L. Langella plays Leonard Schiller in the superb, human-scale film directed by Andrew Wagner. ... Full Review

Starting Out in the Evening" failed to get widespread distribution when it was released last year. Perhaps that helps explain why Frank Langella is so frighteningly good as the aging novelist and protagonist of "Starting Out in the Evening. ... Full Review

But for the kind of audience that appreciates literate dialogue, rounded characters and the craft of acting, "Starting in the Evening" is a small light in the darkness. But Langella's meticulously quiet work as an aging author with a last chance at love is a rare gem that deserves discovery by his fellow grown-ups. ... Full Review

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From Friday's Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman. "Starting Out in the Evening" Venerable character actor Frank Langella takes a finely tuned starring turn in the contained character study "Starting Out in the Evening." ... Full Article

D. Maass , Apr 23, 2008 Shame on you, Roger Ebert. Shame on you, David Edelstein. Shame on all y'all -- A.O. Scott, Peter Travers, Richard Roeper... ... Full Article

A solid handful of indie titles vie for your attention on the DVD shelves this week. I've already written about the marketing for Joe Swanberg's Hannah Takes the Stairs , my pick of the week, but that shouldn't overshadow the... ... Full Article

"Starting Out in the Evening" has two immense strengths going for it: a great performance -- by Frank Langella -- and a great idea -- the importance of Literature, with a capital L. Langella plays Leonard Schiller in the superb,... ... Full Article