Jimmy Erskine (Ian McKellen) is a cold and beastly critic who takes immense pleasure in the fact that he holds the power to ...

As a critic preparing to write about The Critic, I feel somewhat intimidated. The eponymous writer at the center of Anand ...

Ian McKellen stars as a drama critic in 1930s London who has much higher standards for the theater than for his own ...

“Oh, well,” she said, with just a touch of resignation. “If you’re going to appeal to my humanity.” Even a critic can’t help ...

The Critic,” handsomely directed by Anand Tucker (“Hilary and Jackie,” “Leap Year”) and written by Patrick Marber (“Closer,” ...

While Ian McKellen and the rest of the cast do what they can with their characters, the film around feel more like it belongs on small screens rather than big.

Ian McKellen is too good for this overstuffed theatre critic drama - 2/5 Gemma Arterton and Lesley Manville co-star in a film ...

The best new movie to hit Netflix in a while has arrived with almost perfect scores from critics, but it may not be for ...

The setting is the lively 1930s London theatre world, but any sense that The Critic will be a lighthearted thriller should ...

Critics have stopped by The Critic, the dark and sharp-witted new thriller starring stage and screen icon, Ian McKellen. Read ...

The actor plays a 1930s London theater critic who becomes entangled in a pulpy criminal plot.

The restaurant reviewer Keith Lee tastes takeout dishes in his car, and sometimes offends whole cities in the process.