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Movie Review for Bigger Than the Sky
Movie Review for
Bigger Than the Sky
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Bigger Than the Sky | | |
| Also known as: | Caught In The Act |
15 Reviews total.
Release date: 2/18/2005
Run length: 106 mins.
Categories:
Comedy
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Drama
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Romance
Summary:
Peter Rooker is slowly suffocating in a dead-end job, friendless since the departure of his girlfriend and abused daily by his sarcastic boss. In a moment of despair, he decides to escape from routine by auditioning for a small role in a local community theater production of "Cyrano de Bergerac." Despite having no experience as an actor, the high-strung director takes a shine to him and casts him in the lead role--which soon wreaks havoc upon his life. Peter is completely drawn into the crazy world of "theater people." From resident ladies' man Michael to beautiful leading lady Grace and a colorful cast of new stagemates, Peter soon discovers that in the world of theater, everything's a drama.
Reviews of Bigger Than the Sky
By
Marc Savlov
of Austin Chronicle (7/0)
Feels constrained by its unshakable predisposition toward actorly fawning.
By
Lisa Schwarzbaum
of Entertainment Weekly (7/0)
Are the filmmakers making meta use of a bland, uncharismatic actor to play a bland, uncharismatic...
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Daniel Eagan
of Film Journal International (7/0)
Bigger Than the Sky is, like its lead character, equal parts endearing and exasperating.
By
MaryAnn Johanson
of Flick Filosopher (7/0)
Yup, this is another one of those flicks about how wacky life in the theater is, and how wacky th...
By
Sheri Linden
of Hollywood Reporter (7/0)
An off-putting combination of earnestness and apparent disregard for audience involvement.
By
Jeff Otto
of IGN Movies (7/0)
A sweet story can't overcome a seriously flawed film.
Reviews of Bigger Than the Sky
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Kevin Thomas
of Los Angeles Times (7/0)
Painfully well-intentioned, the film is undone by a lead character who undermines any goodwill ea...
By
Ed Park
of Village Voice (7/0)
Bigger lopes along endlessly, a no-surprises foray into backstage high jinks and the notion of li...
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Anita Gates
of New York Times (3/5) Login Required (Login Required)
Self-conscious comic drama.
By
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
of Atlanta Journal-Constitution (3/4) No reference
The movie is a too-familiar tale of the drama and intrigues, the laughter and tears, the blah-bla...
By
Jeff Strickler
of Minneapolis Star Tribune (3/4) No reference
This low-key comedy has some charming elements but struggles to weave them into anything signific...
By
Jami Bernard
of New York Daily News (3/4) No reference
It's strictly amateur hour.
Reviews of Bigger Than the Sky
By
Debra Birnbaum
of New York Post (3/4) No reference
Nearly two hours of an earnest, predictable comedy about a pathetic schlemiel who hopes to redeem...
By
Marc Mohan
of Oregonian (3/4) No reference
The story is as predictable as it is saccharine. Apart from the presence of local landmarks, ther...
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Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
of St. Paul Pioneer Press (3/4) No reference
It feels like a work in progress, but there is promise.
Movie Distributors Production Companies
Code Entertainment
Coquette Productions Movie Studios
MGM On Stage
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