Synopsis
On a small town college campus, a philosophy professor in existential crisis gives his life new purpose when he enters into a relationship with his student.
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Cast
- Joaquin PhoenixAbe
- Emma StoneJill
- Jamie BlackleyRoy
- Parker PoseyRita
- Joe StapletonProfessor
- Nancy CarrollProfessor
- Allison GalleraniBraylin Student
- Brigette Lundy-PaineBraylin Student
- Katelyn SemerBraylin Student
- Betsy AidemJill's Mother
Recommendations
- 90
The Hollywood Reporter
Allen's dialogue is witty, his plotting zings along with forward momentum in all the right places, and his observation of elastic moral principles in flux is both mischievous and unsettling, yielding a tasty final-act Hitchcockian twist. - 80
Screen Daily
Irrational Man heads to one of the most startling pieces of action he’s ever filmed. It hints where he stands now as a moralist or cynic in a corrupt world. - 80
Variety
Allen’s visual direction and editing rhythms are particularly sharp and precise this time around, as is his work with the actors. - 75
IndieWire
If the genre elements sustain the work as a whole, the plot suffers from the meandering quality that frequently plagues late period Allen work. Still, the filmmaking finds its groove in individual moments. - 63
Slant Magazine
Woody Allen and Joaquin Phoenix's collaboration on Irrational Man's antihero is the closest the film gets to a saving grace. - 58
Hitfix
His characters may spout Kant and debate the ethics of different human interactions, but it's only sugar coating on top of what is effectively a simple and familiar story. - 40
CineVue
Both leads produce solid performances despite a sloppiness in both the direction and the writing. - 40
The Guardian
Irrational Man is a good idea, a sketch for a movie, but the movie itself is unrealised.
