Synopsis
Nicholas Jarecki follows director James Toback on the 12-day shoot of his thriller, When Will I Be Loved -- a movie made without a script or distribution deal.
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Cast
- Woody AllenSelf
- Robert Downey Jr.Self
- Neve CampbellSelf
- James TobackSelf
- Harvey KeitelSelf
- Roger EbertSelf
- Woody HarrelsonSelf
- Barry LevinsonSelf
- Norman MailerSelf
- Bijou PhillipsSelf
Recommendations
- 100
San Francisco Chronicle
An ideal introduction to Toback's output as well as a welcome elucidation for longtime fans. Apart from those worthy functions, The Outsider is also shrewdly made, illuminating its subject in a variety of settings and, at times, subtly assuming the style of Toback's films. - 90
Village Voice
Nicholas Jarecki's The Outsider is among the great docs about moviemaking. - 70
Variety
Jarecki has produced more of a Friar's Club roast than a document, with the negative aspects of the subject made funny, and the positive inflated. - 70
New York Magazine (Vulture)
James Toback seems oddly nice in Nicholas Jarecki's delicious cult-of-personality documentary The Outsider. - 63
Premiere
Jarecki seems all too eager to buy into Toback's depiction of himself as the ultimate Hollywood outsider. Try telling that to the independent filmmakers who aren't on a first-name basis with Warren Beatty. - 63
New York Daily News
As is often the case with Toback's films, even as you're shaking your head at his shameless self-indulgence, you can't help but keep on watching. - 50
The New York Times
A tragically missed opportunity to illuminate one of the more unusual cinematic talents working today. - 25
TV Guide Magazine
Toback quickly reveals himself as an insufferable, opinionated blowhard who pontificates shamelessly about the art of the cinema while indulging his own obsessions on film.