Synopsis
Recounts the story of fledgling writer Samuel Liston and his experiences with Floyd Deveraux, the enigmatic, middle-aged father of two who enlists Samuel to write his biography.
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Cast
- Andy GarcíaFloyd Deveraux
- Emory CohenSamuel Liston
- Megan FoxJacqueline
- Lucy HaleLily
- Oscar IsaacAnselm
- Shiloh FernandezRoy
- Frederick SchmidtPercy
- Leonidas CastrounisEdward
- Alys CrockerLinda Maron
- Rebecca AmzallagFemale Interviewer
Recommendations
- 75
Slant Magazine
Brian Pestos’s flair for go-for-broke zaniness transmutes what might otherwise have been a lump of self-indulgent clichés into gold. - 60
Time
Big Gold Brick may be a bit too enamored with its own quirkiness, but everything Garcia does, no matter how outlandish, feels perfectly natural. - 50
We Got This Covered
It’s either a compliment or a criticism to say that you need to be on the exact same wavelength as Big Gold Brick to get a kick out of it, because if you turn the dial even the tiniest little bit in either direction, all you’re going to end up with is static. If you’re on board, though, then there’s plenty to enjoy about an offbeat adventure that’s unlike anything else you’re likely to see this year. - 30
The New York Times
The title of this perfectly well-appointed production is apt: Big Gold Brick looks all right but it truly just sits there. - 30
Variety
Everything and everyone lurches about in a desperate bid to be hilariously weird, and the effect is to make the proceedings feel hopelessly strained, as if they know that there’s nothing funny going on and thus must compensate via out-there quirkiness and constant mugging. - 25
Original-Cin
No one sets out to make a bad film, but at over two hours, the shot-in-Toronto Big Gold Brick seems like a bunch of ideas that must have looked good on paper, but just didn’t gel. Both Garcia and Isaac are terrific actors, and charismatic as hell. But neither can bring this listless film to life. - 25
RogerEbert.com
Feature-length failures as abject as this one are almost frightening, in part because one worries about what kind of a snit the director will be working out if/when he gets a second shot. - 20
Screen Rant
The lingering lesson in all of this is Megan Fox deserves better and Big Gold Brick is a solid turd of a movie.
