Added: 2 years ago
From: MoviePI
Views: 201,547
Sort by time | Sort by thread (beta)

Link to this comment:

Share to:
see all

All Comments (217)

Sign In or Sign Up now to post a comment!
  • Looks horrible

  • what's up with Zac Efron and the old ladies? like: Leslie Mann, Michelle Pfeiffer...

  • this film is good, he's better in charlie stcloud and 17 again though xx

  • he is a very awesome actor! especially in 17 again. that movie is awesome...this one 2

  • @isaygoodsir

    @joshsgurl69101

    Zac Efron loved what he's doing in High School Musical..so dont say such bad words about it just because you dont like High School Musical..

  • Zac Efron is A GOOD actor. And Just because he was In a Stupid Movie Called High School Musical, at least now he is getting out there. it prepared him for the Big stuff. and here is is showing us how GREAT he is(:

  • Great choices of Orson and Joseph Cotton actors.

  • he is a brilliant actor! i just don't like claire danes for his leading actress...

  • looks bad

  • @MrLeDude1 its not. if you know a bit about the theatre its actually very interesting. and well acted. but if you don't it's a little stale.

  • @CurtisDoverY0 i appreciate a real response most of the time people just write back being condescending thanks for the info.

  • I was very wary of watching any of Zac Efron's films, simply because every time I heard his name, I thought of High School Musical. He's actually a really good actor, though!

  • @karanmaxfilms Ahahahaha, fair point and I'll need to watch that. I want to watch all of his movies also, from the few I've seen it's pretty easy to glean he's a bloody brilliant man.

  • @karanmaxfilms The voice is well done, I'll grant you that but he doesn't emanate the same obnoxious self-confidence, his character doesn't reflect Orson's, I don't believe that the real Orson Welles would behave like this guy portrays and as such I find it disappointing. But I've not seen them all myself so I guess you're the bigger authority.

  • FUCK ZAC EFFRON IT'S LEO BILL.

    LEO. FUCKING. BILL. HE IS A BIT PART IN EVERY EXCELLENT PART.

  • How long hs this movie been out and how come I hav'nt seen any trailers for it?...is it any good?...

  • zac efron is the hottest guy on this planet haha

  • I can't wait to see this movie! it looks so good!!!! Zac Efron REEEEEEEEALLY goes well with that thirties look. seeexyyyyy :P

  • Idk why, when I was watching this I was feeling a slight "Water for Elephants" vibe.

  • I'm sorry, look out Brad Pitt? Efron isn't within range of Pitt and never will be. Fight Club. Se7en. Inglorious Basterds. Let's see Efron put out a performance with half the depth of any of those.

    Also, the guy playing Welles in this movie is bloody abysmal and an affront to the brilliance that was Orson Welles.

  • what is it about claire danes that she gets all the best-looking hollywood men? leonardo dicaprio, zac efron....i'm sure there's more...w/e you get my point.

  • It's a GREAT movie! :D I totally loved it! :)

  • wait y wasnt this movie more advertised it looks very nice!

  • This should be called: Me, Orson Welles...and some other guy.

  • LOVE this movie!!

    What's the piece of music at 1:38 ?

  • La vería, pero me cae mal Zac Efron :P

  • @aneliza10 igual ;s

  • Efrons pretty good im actually surprised.. He could be the new Leonardo DiCaprio..

  • @Stefandurr yeah i am 16... does that mean i'm not entitled to my opinion?

  • this movie was soooo boring..i only watched it because well..zacs in it...he amuses me!

  • he=s starting be a new bratt bit ,}

  • I just watched this because of Richard Linklater and this was his first misstep. What a piece of monotonous dung! It's a stinker! Nothing happens, nothing! "Junior" overacts on almost all of his scenes. Christian McKay does his job but nobody can save the script. This is a poorly written bad idea. From the title, I thought this was going to be in the style of "Julie & Julia", present and past which would have suited Linklater's direction style. This a 90's idea that should have been left there.

  • @viniciusb

    Perhaps it would have been better if directed by Michael Bay? Throw in some explosions, maybe a few aerial stunts and a leading lady with cleavage coming up to her chin? I suppose that type of movie has its place....and its fans, like you.

  • Last Friday my mom and my little brother rented Me and Orson Welles (2008) on DVD for me. I thought it was a fantastic and entertaining movie.

  • honestly, zac efron is a great actor, singer and dancer.

    people just hate on him because he started off in hsm.

    which made his popularity percentage higher.

    not to mention hes HOT!

    so whatever youve got to say.

    cant beat the facts.

  • Zac Efron is not cute....seriously, none of my friends like him. But his acting was ok in Charlie St. Cloud.

  • Christopher McKay as Orson is the highlight of this movie. It's freaky how much he looks like the real young Orson Welles.

  • Perhaps no one has seen the television series Summerland by Sony channel. Well that was the first time I saw Zac Efron and I liked his acting. He was a teenager. and people really got me tired and just remembering where High School Musical all we saw was a stupid love story for little girls. So I agree with DahiaCarol. It is time we accepted in other roles Zac! is it perhaps just look at what sexy is and always will be forever tied to Disney. Stop It Now!

  • so efron's character kinda steals orson welles' girl?

  • FUCK ZAC EFRON

  • @moneymaker7404

    are u a stupid cunt?

  • This movie is awesome for two reasons, firstly it's about theater, which is all too uncommon a subject, i love it. Second, orson welles, need i say more? Brilliance.

  • people need to give Zac Efron a break and realize that he's not in High School Musical anymore and he's up for big challenges, like this one. chill, people! if you can't stand Zac Efron JUST BECAUSE he was in HSM, you really need to let go of the past and admit that he is a good actor. why else would they choose him in movies like this one? come on people, grow up already, i know he did.

  • I can't take Zac Efron seriously in this film.

  • la peli se ve que està buena parace que zac està avanzando

  • you only know me for a week. i need to get this moive on Dvd.

  • 'do you want me to fight for you? cause i will' awww!

  • why claire danes eh? Bit too old, I think...

  • How did this only make $2,000,000??

  • @lordtufty because it was an independant film and not widely released. i know it never even made it to my state.

  • Zac sucks!

  • @ogrish84 no u know who sucks, your mother. cuz she gave birth to YOU

  • @rimarkein1 U SUCK!

  • um, no. Anyone who thinks Zac Efron is cuter than Brad Pitt(pre-beard) is crazy. or they need better glasses hahaha

    Anyways, this movie looks good.cute. entertaining.

  • doesn't look half bad =P

  • @gary2975 Ok, so.. someone's a hater. This "fail" got 83% on Rotten Tomatoes. The man that "sounds and looks nothing like" Orson Welles got a BAFTA nomination for his role... the "pussy kid" received positive reviews from critics... I really wonder what you'd deem as a "success"...

  • Zac Efron is growing up a lot. Not just physically. He is now out to show what he is made of. And I feel great for him.

  • So different in style to the rest of his work....

  • pretty sure i'm the only 17 year old girl who saw this because of the orson welles and not because of the zefron...

  • @CancerousPiesRTasty I maybe the only 18 year old male to see this due to the name of orsen welles and not because to the zefwho?

  • @CancerousPiesRTasty Haha, well, I'm not 17, but I'm also a teen, who looked up this film out of the curiosity of "What in the world is Zac Efron doing in an Orson Welles film?" ;)

    It does look pretty interesting, though. :)

  • I am sure this movie's really all that. Can't wait to see it.

  • Just watched it at a movie theater and loved it. Funny dialogues. The way many characters pissed each other off with their colossal egos ... marvellous. :-D The acting was great.

  • In every scene in this film Zac reminds me of Leonardo Dicaprio at young age

  • lol not more with him, moe with him!

  • Efron isn't a bad actor, he just unfortunately started out in highschool musical.

  • @isaygoodsir yeah good thing this wasnt the 4th one called : Orson Welles Musical :D

  • @isaygoodsir naw, he started out in Miracle Run, which was in 2004.

  • @isaygoodsir LOL that couldn't be more true...

  • @isaygoodsir if wasn't for high school musical, he would never be where he are now, jackass

  • @isaygoodsir I very much agree. I don't like High School Musical, but I think Zac is quite a good actor. He's looking promising so far.

  • McKay is the star of this picture. He steals every scene he is in.as Orson Welles. Richard Linkater and Christopher Nolan are two of the best directors working today.

  • haven't seen this but I can't really stand Zak. Not to say he's a terrible actor. He's mediocre, but it's the air about him, the feeling he projects is just one of arrogance. I find him obnoxious and self-centered. And even if this role calls for a bit of that, it's not just this film. Any of his films, he's like this. But the man playing Orson is incredible

  • Zac Efron is average to me. Charlie St. Cloud was Zac's attempt to be serious. But the movie tried TOO hard to be serious.

    Zac was okay in this film.

    But the true gem of this film was Christian McKay. He was brilliant.

  • it seems like a fun movie :)

  • omgosh clair danes is like 30 yrs old! hes wayyyy to young for him, is tht how its supposed to b in the movie, like her older than him?

  • McKay is brilliant.

  • he's so fucking hot!

  • zac always gets a red nose when he's crying!

    so cute!

  • That's about as good a Welles impression you can get. Good stuff from McKey

  • Besides the fact that this was one great freaking movie & Claire Danes was so good it hurts, the question remains, was Orson Wells on speed? He was 23 at the time & it could have been all his energy... but I doubt it b/c it never is. Street drugs, alcohol, pills, steroids, especially steroids today are able to push talented ppl ahead of the competition. Brando, Wells, Coward, great writers, painters etc.
  • Some people are saying that he looks proffesional now, and that he isn't just another disney figure. But I mean, if you're so young, would you play in a kinda like 'grown up' movie? ( big rol) That's almost impossible right, but ofcourse now he's older he has the chance to improve imself, he has learned a lot during his carrière as a not "just" a disney figure. He didn't amazing <33'

  • A great movie. McKay played Wells

    almost as good as Orson played himself.

    Was he on speed?

  • @danger0usknowledge Should of had your man wentwort from prison break play joseph cotten

  • when can we get this on dvd? It looks really good!!

  • How old is Claire Danes?

  • That guy's impression of Orson Welles is amazing. Even the way he pronounces his S's sounds like Welles.

  • Richard Linklater and Zac Efron!! YES. I'm all for that.

  • Ugh. Why is Zac the only important thing about this movie? Yes. He's amazing. Yes. He's attractive. Yes. He's a really good actor.

    However, there is more to this movie than Zac Efron.

    I wish people would see that.

  • @FREDLUVA01 they are just talking about how he went from just plain musicals and singing to this great movie of drama and really hard acting.... that is something to talk about everyone knows this is a good movie.. the movie is based on zac's charater growing to preform on brodway etc.I wish you would see that.

  • @Selanaxfanx I know thats not all they're talking about, even though its true, because every other comment I'm reading on here says that Zac Efron is the only good thing about this movie. Which isn't true. I love Zac as much as the next person. But this movie would be good without him, too. Its a good story. And he's a good actor. Read the other comments. Not just mine. Thanks doll.

  • the only good thing about this film is zac

  • Just for the record people, zac efron didnt go from disney to drama. he went from drama to disney to this. he plays an autistic boy in The Unexpected Journey

  • Jeez between this and Charlie St. Cloud I really think Zac is going far. Look out Brad Pitt you may have some competeion... and he happens to be cuter than you.

  • @fair246

    Though he'd still never be in a film like The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford. Even Welles would be impressed by that movie.

  • @Evergreen6991 thats true

  • this movie was actually very good. efron was really good in this movie, surprisingly.

  • great movie, seriously

  • When did this movie come out n theatres?

  • this looks good:)

    nice to see him play a different character.

  • really wannna see this when does it come out on dvd in the uk

  • haa this movie made only one million dollars

    and it made 25 million dollars to make

  • this never came to theaters did it? it was filmed in 2008,

  • I would be shocked if zac efron has a career outside of disney and if he's still around in 3 years.

  • The Orson Welles was bang on the money.

  • One of the best films I've ever seen about the theater, about being in love with art..I've just finish watching this movie in fullscreen with high quality at

    EasyMediaClick (dot) com

  • Wow!!

    If act Zac I'll see that movie!!

  • what I can say...this is great movie...must watchit here

    watchlastmovies*com

  • zac efron!! I LoVe YoU!!! he even look sexy wit his hair gelled back...yummy ;)

  • Wow, that guy is a PERFECT Orson Welles. Sounds just like him.

  • WOW

    the one who play Orson Welles looks soo GREAT

  • Theres this cool little theatre in my town that plays indie films, stuff like this. We go there every weekend (or at least try to), and i kept begging my parents to go see it! never got the chance :(

  • how is this not playing in nyc..?

  • i dont care of this movie has Zac Efron, this movie was AMAZING!!

  • zac efron is rly good looking ;)

  • they just finally brought this to the small theater in my town that plays independent films-freakin' excited :D

  • attention with a sense of. I saw this film free @ MovieWatcher[.]US

  • This movie was great. I saw it at the Beverly Center, it was almost the only place in L.A. showing it.

  • COOL!

  • "Quiet i'm negotiating" haha lol

  • "Moe time"

    haha that's legend

  • i thought the movie was BORING

  • i love this book so much! i could read it 100 times and it would still be magnificent

  • I'd like to see it :)

  • ZAC's lookin sooooooo HOT....

  • When does this movie come out in the U.S? I have been wanting to see it and it hasn't been in the movie theater I go to.

  • it was a limited release.

  • when did this movie came out bc i didnt hear about it on tv only on youtube and i never seen it and i want to

  • its out now

  • it dosnt show it in the movies i checked i thin kit didnt come out over here

  • i no the teacher that wrote the book!! he is a teacher at my school!!!

  • I like the way they show that Welles was such a force-of-nature; that he is the center of the movie, even though he is not the film's central character. It's about what it would be like to be stuck in the orbit of his genius.

  • Christian McKay is so good as Orson Welles, it's scary. Okay, yes, Welles is supposed to be about 22 in this movie; but that's trivial when you consider McKay nails every nuance of Welles' personality.

  • jeeeesssssussssss i didnt reckognize zac there,

  • What does Zac say at 1:30?

    The movie looks great though.. cant wait!

  • "want me to fight for you? Because I will"

  • @ClairelovesLampard

    Thanks. :)

  • @nashluvjb He says, "Do you want me to fight for you? Because I will."

  • @nashluvjb he says "You want me to fight for you? cos i will"

  • i can't believe linklater never graduated from college...he's amazingly talented

  • when is this out?

  • i love zac efron...

  • zac looks very sweet here...

  • wow i am so seeing this!!

  • sometimes you remember a week for the rest of your life......how cute!!! : )

  • i'm impressed to see zac efron in a movie like this. he certainly needs a sort of role like this to show audiences that he is not just another teeny-bopper. the movie seriously looks good

  • yeah i completely agree.

  • what music is being played in this? anybody know? thank you if you do.x

  • aww looks really good actually

  • doesn't anyone know the music used in this trailer? help!!!!!!

  • The Orson Welles sounds more like Frasier.

  • its seem like it going to be good. the only that would keep me from watching it it zac efron.he's not cute but HE LOOKS LIKE A KEN DOLL. that is not cute. but i can over look that because he looks like his doing some good acting in this one

  • looks good

  • Looks good. I'm glad that he's in serious role and he is goddamn gorgeous, in this movie.

  • Ugh. McKay's Welles impression (it's no more than an impression) is pretty good, but honestly... This may suffice as theatre porn for wannabe thespians, or as teeny-bopper romance for the Efron crowd, but what does it really have to do with the art of Orson Welles? Is it actually a tribute to the art, or does it just use Welles' personality to make itself interesting?

  • @likenob04 Do you have any idea how pretentious your comment is? Get a life!!

    And Christian McKay should get an Oscar (though sadly not for leading actor) He's wonderful and his portrayal is pretty definitive

  • They shouldn't have touched Orson Welles...

  • Maybe not...but the younger generation seems to have found him. It was inevitable that they raise him up again. There will never be another man like Welles - ever and a new generation wants to be taught by him. It Says a lot after he's been dead for 25 years.

  • I predicted there would be an Orson Welles revival. Raise him from the dead to breathe life into the art!

  • To be honest I kinda disliked Zac Efron berfore but I see now that he is really talented.

  • whats ur problem u havent even seen it get a life

  • how can you have such a strong opinion on a movie you have never seen????

  • i cant waiittttt

  • this looks really good

  • This movie is briliant. Saw it on Thursday (advanced screening in london)

    Absolutely superb acting from them all!!

    strongly recomend it.

  • this looks like such a good film =]

    defo seeing it...! x

  • that looks like a zac efron film i actually want to see! finally, something decent.

  • The actor playing Welles looks like him & has his physical & vocal mannerisms down nicely. But Welles was 23 at the time, not 35! Every movie thus far depicting Welles's early career has cast him 10 years too old...and thereby some of the magic of Welles's amazing story is lost. 23! Does it make a difference? Remember yourself at 23? His "boy wonder"-ness was one of the reasons Welles was a once-in-a-century figure! (Movie looks good though, and anything that keeps Orson's memory alive is OK!)

  • YAY ZAC EFRON!!!!!!!!!!!!

    but isn't claire danes a bit too old for him?o.O

  • My gosh i think this looks like an actual good movie! lol did not expect that but i need help!!! Please someone help me what the music is starting around 0:52 and I believe it runs the rest of the trailer (except for the timpani roll and it changes key around 1:37.... please help this is an amazing musical piece which helps make the trailer as good as it is. Any info is appreciated!

  • now that's an actor

  • basz jjo losko!!!! fksjafio zac efron!!!!! gogog mi hama ya!!!!

  • THIS LOOKS SO PROMISING!

    at 1:25 or 1:26 when zac says "50 years"

    Doesnt his voice remind you of Leo?

    Now, im not saying he is the next leo im just saying he sounded like him. so dont get all mad. lol

  • @lilshellerz226 YES I WAS GONNA SAY THAT JUST LIKE LEO