The Humbling

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The Humbling

R

2015

1h 53m

Comedy

Drama

LGBTQ+

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Following a breakdown and suicide attempt, an aging actor (Al Pacino) becomes involved with a much younger woman but soon finds that it's difficult to keep pace with her.

Critics Consensus

The Humbling is an inarguable highlight of Al Pacino's late-period filmography, but that's an admittedly low bar that it doesn't always clear by a very wide margin.

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Jason Bailey

Flavorwire

05/30/2016

In the end, 'The Humbling' is one of those movies where the "plot" is far less interesting than what the movie is "about" - and in this case, it's about acting in general and Al Pacino in particular.

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Peter Travers

Rolling Stone

01/29/2015

3/4

This is Pacino's best film performance in years. In playing an actor who has lost the art of fooling himself, he reveals with mordant wit the terrors of diminished capacity. To watch him do it is a master class.

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Anthony Lane

The New Yorker

01/26/2015

"The Humbling" reveals an ominous gulf between the director and his theme ...

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David Walsh

World Socialist Web Site

02/12/2021

This is not earthshaking material, the relationship between Axler and Pegeen, but it is honest, amusing and sympathetic. The film is worth tracking down.

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

02/02/2021

3/5

It's an entertaining performance in a diverting movie but as a statement on aging or insecurity or the folly of infatuation, it never sheds much light on what King Lear called, "this great stage of fools."

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

12/08/2019

With the intimacy of a theatre piece, [Barry] Levinson and company play with the idea of art imitating life imitating art. Always bordering on the edge of fantasy and reality, insanity and sanity, the Humbling is contemplative and reflective.

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Orin D

@RT64117979 May 27

Al Pacino's performance is the best of the latter segment of his fine career. The other actors, especially the feminine lead are also exemplary. The finale was a bit confusing, but all in all this is a film well worth watching. Orin P. Domenico

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Graham M

@Greyzer 10/22/2024

Terrific acting. The story's a bit ho hum but art upon art thing, is very welcome to see.

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Bob V

@RT46854773 07/07/2024

Great acting by Pacino -- in almost every scene. Good supporting roles by Gerwig, Gordon and others. Movie is a little confusing, but it makes you wonder what is real and what is a dream.

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Martin L

@RT53091164 06/27/2024

I believe this movie is greater then some realize You have understand the thickness of the realty of his mind within the life he was living . Few it as non fictional in a true sense. Three dimensional as you mind takes over in dementia state. To truly understand you have to study or live thru it with some person or own it as yours once.

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steve d

@RT35616104 12/07/2022

When THIS cast does so little with your script you should feel shame.

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Shioka O

@RT54204327 09/26/2022

Pacino did this and Manglehorn in the same year. Just confusing but watchable. I agree this is tailor-made for him.

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Synopsis

Following a breakdown and suicide attempt, an aging actor (Al Pacino) becomes involved with a much younger woman but soon finds that it's difficult to keep pace with her.

Director: Barry Levinson
Producer: Andrea Iervolino, Al Pacino, Jason Sosnoff, Monika Bacardi, Gisella Marengo
Screenwriter: Buck Henry, Michal Zebede
Distributor: Millennium Entertainment
Production Co: Baltimore Pictures, Dubin Media, Millennium Films
Rating: R (Language|Brief Violence|Sexual Material)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 23, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 22, 2017
Runtime: 1h 53m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital