1. The Player movie review & film summary (1992) - Roger Ebert
“The Player” follows Griffin (Tim Robbins) during a period when his big paycheck, his luxury car and his expensive lifestyle seem to be in danger. There is ...
It would be hard to describe Griffin Mill's job in terms that would make sense to anyone who has had to work for a living. He's a vice president at a movie
2. The Player - Rotten Tomatoes
Bitingly cynical without succumbing to bitterness, The Player is one of the all-time great Hollywood satires -- and an ensemble-driven highlight of the Altman ...
Certain that the anonymous threats he's been receiving are the work of David Kahane (Vincent D'Onofrio), producer Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins) tries to fix things over cocktails. Instead, Griffin ends up murdering the screenwriter and courting the dead man's girlfriend (Greta Scacchi). As police investigate, Griffin concentrates on a prestigious film that might reinvigorate his career. But he soon learns that David's demise hasn't been forgotten by everyone in Hollywood.
3. The Player (1992) Movie Review | Common Sense Media
20 jun 2024 · The Player (1992) is a dark, crime-drama thriller from acclaimed director Robert Altman. The plot involves a murder, which is shown without blood or gore.
Noir masterpiece has nudity, lots of strong language. Read Common Sense Media's The Player (1992) review, age rating, and parents guide.
4. Review: The Player - Widescreenings
“The Player” is best regarded as a sum-of-the-parts success. The whole is watered down by a lifeless romance, a thin noir and celebrity OD.
Review and analysis of The Player, a 1992 film of Hollywood satire by Robert Altman starring Tim Robbins, written by Michael Tolkin
5. The Player — Cineaste Magazine
Confronting the resentful writer, a murderous rage boils over and Griffin finds himself in a criminal position he surely didn't count on, one that amplifies his ...
Menu
6. The Player | Moviepedia | Fandom
It is the story of Hollywoodstudio executive Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins) who murders an aspiring screenwriter he believed was sending him death threats.
The Player is a 1992 American satirical film directed by Robert Altman from a screenplay by Michael Tolkin based on his own 1988 novel of the same name.[1] It is the story of Hollywoodstudio executive Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins) who murders an aspiring screenwriter he believed was sending him death threats. The Player has many film references and Hollywood insider jokes, with around sixty Hollywood celebrities agreeing to make cameo appearances in the film. Altman stated, "It is a very mild satir
7. 'The Player': A Death-of-Movies Thriller That Reconnects You to ...
4 mei 2020 · “The Player” is a tale of fickle job security in a Hollywood taken over by suits. Robbins makes Griffin a flyweight sociopath, weirdly likable ...
"The Player," Altman's great Hollywood satire-that's-not-really-a-satire has much to say about America caught between reality and illusion.
8. 'The enemy is the audience': Robert Altman's The Player at 30
10 apr 2022 · Altman constantly reminds us that we're watching a movie, and that The Player is a deeply Hollywoodified version of the events it depicts. The ...
See AlsoMating Ninja Arts Volume 22The director’s razor-sharp Hollywood satire offered up a horribly prescient look at an industry turning away from creativity and toward commercialism
9. Movie Review – The Player - PopCult Reviews
12 feb 2024 · Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins) is a Hollywood studio executive worried about losing his job to up-and-comer Larry Levy (Peter Gallagher).
The Player (1992)Written by Michael TolkinDirected by Robert Altman Robert Altman has been one of my favorite directors since I first learned of him in college. I’d known of his movies, the R…
10. Players movie review & film summary (2024) - Roger Ebert
14 feb 2024 · "Players" is about a gang of friends living in New York City, all single, all of whom spend their off-hours running plays on potential hook-ups.
The tropes are so front and center that real life barely has any room to breathe.
11. Robert Altman (director), The Player – The Meaning in a Nutshell
The film conveys the insularity of Hollywood film industry people, the ruthlessness of the office politics in a Hollywood studio, and the pressures on the ...
Dr Mark’s The Meaning in a Nutshell Robert Altman (director), Michael Tolkin (writer), The Player (1992) The film The Player…
12. Classics Review: The Player (1992) - Poorly Written Musings
2 mrt 2021 · Tim Robbins plays the protagonist Griffin Mill, a hotshot studio executive who determines which ideas get made into films, which ones need work ...
The Player marked a blistering return to form for cinematic titan Robert Altman, reminding people why he was and still is one of the most important auteurs the medium has ever produced. A strikingly original, funny and damning portrayal of Hollywood is still unique and as relevant as ever in 2021 as it was back in 1992.Tim Robbins plays the protagonist Griffin Mill, a hotshot studio executive who determines which ideas get made into films, which ones need work and which ones go into the endless
13. The Player | The Definitives | Deep Focus Review
3 dec 2016 · Though Altman would never admit it nor discuss the film in much detail, The Player's satire is acidic without being vulgar, sharp without being ...
The Player opens with a crane shot that lasts over seven minutes, all filmed as one long take, much of it improvised, during which each moment sets up
14. The Player (1992) - Scene by Green
16 nov 2023 · Through the satirical crime plot of a movie studio executive who accidentally kills a rejected writer, The Player offers a subversive ...
Through the satirical crime plot of a movie studio executive who accidentally kills a rejected writer, The Player offers a subversive metacommentary on a modern, commercialised Hollywood that place…
15. Robert Altman - 'The Player' movie review - Far Out Magazine
22 apr 2023 · The Player follows studio exec Griffin Mill, played by Tim Robbins, who murders a screenwriter and gets away with it.
A modern review of the Robert Altman Hollywood satire 'The Player', starring Tim Robbins as a studio executive who kills the wrong man.
