REVIEWS NEWS INTERVIEWS OTHER

(1 - 35) of 35 OFCS Rating: 80% Fresh Page   1   B+ "Regardless of pacing hiccups, Hallstrom's filmmaking lays the viewer in Irving's impulsively spun web of troubles while having fun dreaming up ways to depict these ballsy bits of dishonesty."   eFilmCritic.com   Brian Orndorf B+ "William Wheeler's screenplay proves an ideal source for Hallstrom ("The Shipping News") to break the mold of recent clinkers, and create a thoroughly enjoyable movie that is equal parts biography, cautionary tale, farce and satire."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey "Even as The Hoax works to wring emotional consequence from its many layers of lies, you're hard-pressed to believe it."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 2.5/4 "...breezy, light-hearted..."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair C+ "The film seemed pedestrian, flat, diffuse and, if I may say, as phony as most Hollywood mainstream films."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz "Relax and take in 'The Hoax' as a sometimes humorous, buddies-on-the-scam adventure, preposterous but somewhat true."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Donald J. Levit B+ "As playful and buoyant a film as Lasse Hallstrom has ever made."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 3/4 "This is some of the best work of Richard Gere's career as he blends the breezy charm with a more self-effacing ooze that makes Irving the weaker man that he is."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress C "Deeply problematic in large part because of Hallstr%uFFFDm's monomaniacal determination to turn Clifford Irving's story into a lively romp."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov B+ "Itself a cinematic sleight of hand...but it pulls off the trick with surprising deftness and amusement."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 4/5 "A fast-moving and highly dramatic depiction of Clifford Irving's media hoax of 1971 as a sign of the moral rot at the heart of American culture."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 2.5/4 "As a movie, The Hoax isn't a fraud but it's not the real deal, either."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 2.5/4 "a film about a fraudulent autobiography should have been either rigorously adamant about sticking to provable facts or more self-conscious in its manipulation of them"   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 3.5/5 "The Hoax pulls a good con, and we play along, delightedly."   Filmcritic.com   Jay Antani 5/10 "Despite good energy and a source with ample potential, the film is held back by trite ideas."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen B "Lasse Hallström's amusing film creates neither heroes nor villains"   Old School Reviews   John A. Nesbit 7/10 "The publishers believed him because the idea was so implausible. It had to be the truth."   DVDTown.com   John J. Puccio "Very enjoyable."   3BlackChicks Review   Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel 3/5 "At times the film becomes more about Richard Gere and his Oscar grab than about the story... But the bait-and-switch moments as Irving plays the media are the highlights."   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr 3/4 "Amazing though the story is, it would be nothing without Gere's slippery, insinuating -- if not precisely likable -- performance as Irving."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh B "Richard Gere is superb as Irving, capturing the brio and smooth charm but also the barely subliminal anger, neediness, and desperation."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow 2.5/4 "The Hoax pulls off the delicate trick of dutifully damning its protagonist's conduct."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 3/5 "Que Irving queira se sentir importante, é compreensível; que sua suposta cinebiografia compartilhe da fraude, nem tanto."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 4/5 "With a playful mixture of facts and implications, this gripping and extremely well-made film traces a true story with energy and wit."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline B+ "An amazing story filled with twists, turns, intrigue, betrayals, hallucinations and close calls."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten B "[Clifford] Irving's wry "it's always the details that undo us" attitude at the end makes The Hoax more mirthful than menacing..."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 8/10 "Fast paced, intriguing and fun from beginning to end with a super cast and nary a lack-luster performance---the years best scam flick so far."   Monsters and Critics   Ron Wilkinson "The film is an exciting tale of deception and fast-paced thinking, the perfect therapy for all the growing core of cynics who are at a breaking point where maybe they don't feel they can even trust "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition"."   Movie Views   Ryan Cracknell 3/4 "Stretches credibility for the benefit of its premise but never bends so far as to break the whole ride."   Charlotte Weekly   Sean O'Connell "Desperate times call for desperate measures, and Hallström and Wheeler have a great time setting up and embroidering Irving's increasingly elaborate scheme."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek 7/10 "Chronicle of a 1970's deception yet relevant because it cleverly parallels contemporary media scams and governmental cover-ups."   www.susangranger.com   Susan Granger 3.5/4 "A jazzy, whip-smart, and mischievous account of the one of the great literary cons of the twentieth century."   Reel.com   Timothy Knight 2.5/4 "Once the filmmakers get drunk on their own power as mouthpieces for their own reductive politicking, everything begins to fall apart."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf 4/4 Read review   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito  (1 - 35) of 35 OFCS Rating: 80% Fresh Page   1