The Player (1992) Reviews & Ratings
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The Player reviews
The Player holds a 7.2/10 average from 988 TMDB ratings.
**A remarkable work.** This is one of those films that I decided to watch without having a clear idea of what I was going to find. I know that there are many people who like to know, read and even watch the trailers to decide what to watch, and I also do this moderately, but one of the sensations I like most in the cinematic experience is surprise, that feeling of pleasure, difficult to describe, that happens when…
— Filipe Manuel Neto (10/10)
It’s the job of “Griffin” (Tim Robbins) to secure good storylines for his Hollywood studio and he’s good at filtering out the wheat from the chaff. The thing is, though, he’s getting on a bit and there are rumours abounding that he is on his way out. When “Levy” (Peter Gallagher) arrives from an erstwhile competitor, the writing looks more like it’s on the wall than on the page. He’s also been having some difficulti…
— CinemaSerf (7/10)
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
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