While this film production of the play boasts performances by stage veterans Lord Laurence Olivier and Donald Pleasance, as well as Frank Langella as the suavest of counts, it was neither a critical nor a box - office success, doubtlessly because expectations ran too high. (rottentomatoes.com)
«I hope people will laugh, but I also hope it sparks a conversation about age profiling in this country,» says Vaughan, Gilster's wife, a New York stage veteran and a veteran of the APT production of «Dead Man's Cell Phone.» (freeweekly.com)
Unfortunately, this ultra-glossy romantic drama derived from a best seller twists into very dark territory — a drastic tonal shift that neither its stars nor debuting director, Thea Sharrock, a respected stage veteran, manage with dramatic credibility. (metacritic.com)