Synopsis
After learning that a brain aneurysm will kill him in about 90 minutes, a perpetually unhappy man struggles to come to terms with his fate and make amends with everyone he has ever hurt.
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Cast
- Robin WilliamsHenry Altmann
- Mila KunisDr. Sharon Gill
- Peter DinklageAaron Altmann
- Melissa LeoBette Altmann
- James Earl JonesRuben
- Richard KindBix
- Isiah Whitlock Jr.Yates
- Lee GarlingtonGummy
- Chris GethardDr. Jordan Reed
- Olga MeredizJane
Recommendations
- 33
The A.V. Club
As broad as Williams goes in these scenes, it’s not really his fault. He’s acting out a screenplay, credited to Daniel Taplitz, that’s peppered with bad writerly flourishes. - 30
Village Voice
Much has changed in the two decades since the release of Joel Schumacher's Falling Down, but, as The Angriest Man in Brooklyn flatly reminds us, the grievances of America's petulant middle-class men apparently have not. - 30
The Dissolve
The movie plays out like an improbably plotted work of overly aggressive schmaltz. - 30
The New York Times
The movie is predictably sentimental at its root, but it’s also meant to be comedy, partly resting on Mr. Williams’s energetic but failed attempt to play a jerk. - 25
Observer
Mr. Williams’ performance is so grating that you may find yourself more infuriated than amused. - 25
New York Post
The jovial, hyperverbal comic has played against type before, but his presence feels like epic miscasting in this underwritten dramedy. - 25
Slant Magazine
Robin Williams once again proves he can insufferably crank the energy to 11 without batting an eye, only this time his frenzied comic demeanor is replaced with equally harried contempt. - 25
RogerEbert.com
It all leads up to some very bad green-screen work depicting a dangerous traipse around the Brooklyn Bridge, and reaches a sort of epiphany with a view of a floating carousel. Yes. It is very much that kind of movie.
