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26 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88TheWrapAlonso DuraldeTheWrapAlonso DuraldeGreen operates in a smarter mode of storytelling, giving the audience the benefit of the doubt that they'll notice the details, and he's clearly whispered Pacino into giving a nuanced and human-sized turn.
- 83The PlaylistJessica KiangThe PlaylistJessica KiangFor filmmaker and actor, even on those occasions when Manglehorn’s risks do not pay off, we have to credit the courage and confidence it took to attempt them; but more often than not they pay dividends and the result gently dazzles.
- 80The GuardianXan BrooksThe GuardianXan BrooksPacino's Manglehorn is a subtle master class in neutral shading, with none of the garish flashes that sometimes bedevil his work.
- 75Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenDavid Gordon Green stages even fleeting tonal palate cleansers with a self-consciousness that parallels Al Pacino's acting.
- 60CineVueJohn BleasdaleCineVueJohn BleasdaleThe style, one senses, is overcompensating for a narrative slackness that has nowhere particular to go other than anti-climax. That's not to say that Manglehorn isn't a good film - it is. It's just that Pacino's seasoned performance deserved a great film.
- 60VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeSomething about working with Pacino forces what could have been a breaks-the-mold character portrait into factory-made territory.
- 50Village VoiceSherilyn ConnellyVillage VoiceSherilyn ConnellyAs is to be expected from Green in his pensive mode, there are lovely images in Manglehorn... But Manglehorn is also the latest entry into the tiresome Sad Man Learning to Love Again genre.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe mix of limpid naturalism with lyricism that has often distinguished David Gordon Green's indie films slides into sentimentality, or worse yet, whimsy in Manglehorn.
- 40The TelegraphRobbie CollinThe TelegraphRobbie CollinThe picture is slight to the point of translucence.