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Thom N @RT68992806 Jul 5, 2025 Anthony Hopkins' attempt at making a fun movie about reality and acting ends up as a Lynchian indie flick. A lot is packed into the 90 minute runtime - don't expect to 'get it', because this film was made using a gestalt method not too different from Lynch's; to claim to understand a singular message relevant to every event and visual on-screen is the peak of hubris. Ignore the haters, form your own opinion. Though I rarely agree with Ebert, I agree with his sentiment that if you're sympathetic with the idea that Hopkins is intentionally doing something sharp and difficult, you'll be more satisfied than if you were hoping for a nice, tidy popcorn movie. ---------------------------------------'Sir Tony' includes a decent amount of playful self-insert jokes, making fun of his sequels, his salary, and his Welsh accent. These fourth-wall-breaks add a light touch, and Turturro's wacky acting prevent this from being an assemblage of vaguely interesting and vaguely unnerving images without the expected through-line. Don't feel bad when it abruptly ends and you wonder if you're stupider than the rest of the audience; even the actors didn't have a clue what the hell is going on in this script! See more Apr 1, 2022 I know I'm in the minority, but I honestly thought this film was brilliant. Kind of a non-linear meditation on creativity and the commercialization of creativity and the environment that builds up around that. Both profound and silly at the same time. A little like life. See more Jul 19, 2016 More incoherent than a drunk toddler speaking a foreign language. See more May 8, 2016 Interesting and bold stream-of-consciousness film by Anthony Hopkins about a man on the brink of death and the world he envisions in his transition. It's ultimately a bit of a failed attempt though. And this movie is just going to alienate most audiences... See more Oct 1, 2015 Pretty weird movie -- essentially about losing one's mind, I think, but I cannot tell for certain. And then the very end throws all of that out the window. See more hardy c @hardy00 Mar 11, 2015 The only thing worthwhile was seeing that Kevin McCarthy was still alive in 2007. I have no idea what blackmail Hopkins used to get anyone else to work on this...film?? See more Read all reviews

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