An Actor Prepares

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An Actor Prepares

2018

1h 37m

Comedy

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After suffering a heart attack, a hard-drinking actor drives across the country with his estranged son for one last adventure.

Matt Fagerholm

RogerEbert.com

08/31/2018

1.5/4

The characters are so off-putting that our time spent with them quickly devolves into an endurance test.

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Nell Minow

Movie Mom

08/31/2018

B

Irons is clearly overjoyed to have a chance to break out of Serious Actor mode and have some fun at the expense of the master thespians he has had the chance to observe.

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Michael Rechtshaffen

Los Angeles Times

08/30/2018

One keeps hoping director Steve Clark, who penned the script with Thomas Moffett, would plot a few unexpected turns along the way.

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Charlotte Harrison

VultureHound

01/28/2020

2/5

The film feels like it's trying to satirise by saying it is a satire without actually doing any satire.

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Jason Best

Movie Talk

02/01/2019

2/5

Jeremy Irons is clearly having a ball playing an incorrigibly irresponsible actor in this road movie comedy, but as his boozy, self-absorbed rogue crosses the US with his sober-sided son it's unlikely that viewers will have nearly as much fun.

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Sarah Cartland

Caution Spoilers

11/10/2018

4/5

A witty road trip with detours and performances that know when to push and when to retreat. Irons has great fun as lecherous, scarf-flapping thespian Atticus, with Huston a good counterweight as his po-faced, mansplaining feminist son.

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06/12/2021

Jeremy irons is somehow super under appreciated . No one plays a rich snobby person better than him, honestly can’t even think of a close second 3.1

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03/19/2020

An actor prepares is a cute little movie. Jeremy Irons seems to be having a lot of fun playing this character and I always enjoy Hollywood satires. The film does feel a little cheap and low budget though obvious use of green screen. The script is funny but I think it could’ve taken it to the next level as far humor goes. The concept and performances are good but I do feel it’s missing that next level.

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03/27/2019

Found it very funny and humourous

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01/21/2019

Seems like Jeremy Irons had a good time making <i>An Actor Prepares</i>. That's nice for him. I myself, did actually enjoy it more than I expected to by the end, even if the whole "Son accepts shitty dad by virtue of having to spend time in the same immediate vicinity as him" is a trope I absolutely loathe. It's not great, I won't recommend it, and I won't come back to it, but I did laugh a couple of times, and hate it significantly less than I thought I might.

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01/07/2019

Awful. Lacks any feeling. Script weak. Acting is awful.

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10/03/2018

Instead of the usual tale of a father and his estranged son reconnecting with one another on a road trip, An Actor Prepares shows an entirely believable father unwilling to relinquish his debauchery (and its repurcussions) and a son's journey to come to terms with it. This movie is funny, original, and compelling.

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Synopsis

After suffering a heart attack, a hard-drinking actor drives across the country with his estranged son for one last adventure.

Director: Steve Clark
Producer: Tom Butterfield, Tom Lassally, David M. Rosenthal, Will Rowbotham
Screenwriter: Steve Clark, Thomas Moffett
Distributor: Gravitas Ventures
Production Co: 3 Arts Entertainment, Gravitas Ventures, 120dB Films
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 31, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 31, 2018
Runtime: 1h 37m

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