Storyline
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 Phoenix, Henry Stram, Tom Kemp, John Franchi, Emma Stone, Parker Posey, Gary Wilmes, David Aaron Baker, Ethan Phillips, Tina Benko, Jamie Blackley, Nancy Villone, David Pittu, Meredith Hagner, Mark Zeisler, Joe Stapleton, Ben Rosenfield, Nancy Carroll, Allison Gallerani, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Katelyn Semer, Betsy Aidem, Leah Anderson, Paula Plum, Nancy Giles, Geoff Schuppert, Robert Petkoff, Alex Dunn, Ron Chez, Tamara Hickey, Sophie von Haselberg, Michael Goldsmith, Lindsay McWhorter, Jamie Rosenstein, Susan Pourfar, Christine Mascott, Britt Faulkner, Marina Re, Adrienne Taylor, Kate McGonigle
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Reviews
90
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
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
Allen’s visual direction and editing rhythms are particularly sharp and precise this time around, as is his work with the actors.
75
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.
