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NUMBERS
Box Office: $1,818,622
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CONSENSUS
Kinnear and Dafoe help make this downward spiral of one man's life a compelling watch.
CAST & CREW
Greg Kinnear, Willem Dafoe, Rita Wilson
Directed by Paul Schrader
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SYNOPSIS
AUTO FOCUS is the story of Bob Crane (Greg Kinnear), who was the star of the television series Hogan's Heroes in the 1960s. more...
MPAA RATING
R, strong sexuality, nudity, language, some drug use, and violence
RUNTIME
1 hour, 44 minutes
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: Oct 18, 2002
Video: Mar 18, 2003
RELEASE COMPANY
Sony Pictures Classics
GENRE
Dramas, Murder, Sex, Actors, Strippers, 1960s, Technology
OFFICIAL SITE
• The Official Auto Focus Site
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 "Kinnear doesn’t aim for our sympathy, but rather delivers a performance of striking skill and depth."
-- Victoria Alexander, FILMSINREVIEW.COM
"Creepy, authentic and dark.This disturbing bio-pic is hard to forget."
-- Boo Allen, DENTON RECORD CHRONICLE (TX)
"It would be a mistake to write this movie off as yet another Star Is Born-type biopic about the rise and fall of a latter‑day celebrity. Schrader is after something deeper here and even when he misses the mark, the film remains involving."
-- Ethan Alter, FILM JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL
"A hilarious and harrowing portrait of addiction and self-annihilation."
-- Jason Anderson, EYE WEEKLY
"[Schrader] wonderfully captures the flavor of the outrageous late-'60s sexual era, and he gets an Oscar-caliber performance out of Willem Dafoe."
-- William Arnold, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
"Kinnear is brilliant here ... and he's matched by Dafoe."
-- Joe Baltake, SACRAMENTO BEE
"Auto Focus is not your standard Hollywood bio-pic. Schrader aims to present an unflinching look at one man’s downfall, brought about by his lack of self-awareness."
-- Bob Bloom, JOURNAL AND COURIER (LAFAYETTE, IN)
"A distant, even sterile, yet compulsively watchable look at the sordid life of Hogan's Heroes star Bob Crane."
-- Matt Brunson, CREATIVE LOAFING
"At times Auto Focus feels so distant you might as well be watching it through a telescope. Yet in its own aloof, unreachable way it's so fascinating you won't be able to look away for a second."
-- Sean Burns, PHILADELPHIA WEEKLY
"Instead of hitting the audience over the head with a moral, Schrader relies on subtle ironies and visual devices to convey point of view."
-- Carlo Cavagna, ABOUTFILM.COM
"A biopic about Crane’s life in the classic tradition but evolves into what has become of us all in the era of video."
-- Erik Childress, EFILMCRITIC.COM
""Auto Focus" works as an unusual biopic and document of male swingers in the Playboy era"
-- Laura Clifford, REELING REVIEWS
"There's no clear picture of who killed Bob Crane. But here's a glimpse at his life."
-- Linda Cook, QUAD CITY TIMES (DAVENPORT, IA)
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 "Downbeat, period-perfect biopic hammers home a heavy-handed moralistic message."
-- Todd Anthony, SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL
"Only a supremely flexible talent like Kinnear could whittle away at Crane's nuances and come up with thespian gold."
-- Jeanne Aufmuth, PALO ALTO WEEKLY
"Unless Bob Crane is someone of particular interest to you, this film's impressive performances and adept direction aren't likely to leave a lasting impression."
-- Rob Blackwelder, SPLICEDWIRE
"Kinnear gives a tremendous performance."
-- Jeffrey Bruner, DES MOINES REGISTER
"Greg Kinnear gives a mesmerizing performance as a full-fledged sex addict who is in complete denial about his obsessive behavior."
-- Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, SPIRITUALITY AND HEALTH
"Kinnear and Dafoe give what may be the performances of their careers."
-- Robert W. Butler, KANSAS CITY STAR
"Once the downward spiral comes to pass, Auto Focus bears out as your typical junkie opera..."
-- Bill Chambers, FILM FREAK CENTRAL
"Effective but too-tepid biopic"
-- Jason Clark, MATINEE MAGAZINE
"Schrader examines Crane’s decline with unblinking candor."
-- Robin Clifford, REELING REVIEWS
"By taking Entertainment Tonight subject matter and giving it humor and poignancy, Auto Focus becomes both gut-bustingly funny and crushingly depressing."
-- David Cornelius, AMAZING COLOSSAL WEBSITE
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FRESH 76%
Avg. Rating: 7.7/10 |
"A compelling motion picture that illustrates an American tragedy."
-- James Berardinelli, JAMES BERARDINELLI'S REELVIEWS
"Kinnear's performance is a career-defining revelation."
-- Jami Bernard, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
"With nary a glimmer of self-knowledge, [Crane] becomes more specimen than character -- and Auto Focus remains a chilly, clinical lab report."
-- Ty Burr, BOSTON GLOBE
"Michael Gerbosi's script is economically packed with telling scenes."
-- Mike Clark, USA TODAY
"Strangely wonderful and weirdly touching."
-- Manohla Dargis, LOS ANGELES TIMES
"Kinnear ... gives his best screen performance with an oddly winning portrayal of one of life's ultimate losers."
-- Robert Denerstein, DENVER ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS
"A hypnotic portrait of this sad, compulsive life."
-- Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
"Somewhat blurred, but Kinnear's performance is razor sharp."
-- Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
"How do you make a movie with depth about a man who lacked any? On the evidence before us, the answer is clear: Not easily and, in the end, not well enough."
-- Rick Groen, GLOBE AND MAIL
"A compelling, sympathetic portrait."
-- Edward Guthmann, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
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"I am highly amused by the idea that we have come to a point in society where it has been deemed important enough to make a film in which someone has to be hired to portray Richard Dawson."
-- Criminy Pete, CRIMINYPETE.COM
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* Mouse over a tomato icon for a publication's original rating. Original rating not available for every publication.
* In fairness to critics whose last name begins with a letter at the end of the alphabet, certain pages are sorted in reverse order, z-a.
* Certain "Auto Focus" article data provided by the Movie Review Query Engine.
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