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Owning Mahowny (2003) Rank 2 Reviews
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Mediasearch, Australia
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Reel.com DVD review (Tim Knight)
Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Milk Plus: A Discussion of Film
Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)
Just doesn't give us enough to hold onto, perhaps partly because it's executed with so much restraint and subtlety. It's often a tense, uncomfortable little movie. ...read the complete Owning Mahowny movie review at Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)
The New York Times (Elvis Mitchell)
Whatever minor entertainment there is to be gleaned from Mahowny -- set in the early 1980's, mostly in Toronto -- comes in bits and pieces. ...read the complete Owning Mahowny movie review at The New York Times (Elvis Mitchell)
filmcritic.com (Mark Athitakis)
It’s clear halfway through Owning Mahowny that nobody with a need so consuming – and suits so ill-fitting – is going to come within 50 miles of redemption. ...read the complete Owning Mahowny movie review at filmcritic.com (Mark Athitakis)
Dallas Observer (Luke Y. Thompson)
There could have been life in the material, but no one involved save Hurt and Collins seems to have taken the time to find it. ...read the complete Owning Mahowny movie review at Dallas Observer (Luke Y. Thompson)
Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Based on real-life events as chronicled in Gary Stephen Ross's book, "Stung: The Incredible Obsession of Brian Molony," Owning Mahowny is a character study of a man with an uncontrollable addiction to gambling. Philip Seymour Hoffman (Magnolia, ...read the complete Owning Mahowny movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Netflix (James Rocchi)
Philip Seymour Hoffman gives a quietly compelling performance as a financial whiz with plenty to lose. ...read the complete Owning Mahowny movie review at Netflix (James Rocchi)
World Socialist Web Site
Toronto Star (Geoff Pevere)
Works so well both as social satire and outlaw character study. ...read the complete Owning Mahowny movie review at Toronto Star (Geoff Pevere)
In Film Australia
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
After its irresistible first act, Owning Mahowny loses its energy and focus very fast. ...read the complete Owning Mahowny movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Chicago Tribune (Robert K. Elder)
Film Freak Central
Boxoffice Magazine
Boxoffice Magazine
Newsday (Jan Stuart)
Richard Kwietniowski's deliberately paced film attempts to externalize the very internalized agony of gambling addiction. The results are only partially successful, depending much on your propensity for watching Philip Seymour Hoffman perspire. ...read the complete Owning Mahowny movie review at Newsday (Jan Stuart)
Denver Post (Vic Vogler)
Collapses into a public service announcement on gambling. ...read the complete Owning Mahowny movie review at Denver Post (Vic Vogler)
USA Today (Claudia Puig)
Made interesting by the performance of Philip Seymour Hoffman. ...read the complete Owning Mahowny movie review at USA Today (Claudia Puig)
Popcorn Gallery (Shannon Patrick Sullivan)
Detroit News (Tom Long)
The film doesn't really offer much behind its story. ...read the complete Owning Mahowny movie review at Detroit News (Tom Long)
Reno Gazette-Journal (Forrest Hartman)
Surprisingly upbeat story based, in part, on the real-life adventures of gambling addict Brian Moloney. While it’s interesting, it’s seldom affecting. ...read the complete Owning Mahowny movie review at Reno Gazette-Journal (Forrest Hartman)
Nitrate Online (Nicholas Schager)
This penchant for sad-sack losers continues with the actor’s latest effort, Richard Kwietniowski’s Owning Mahowny. As bland and calculating as the character Hoffman plays, the film recounts the true life saga of Dan Mahowny, a mild-mannered bank ...read the complete Owning Mahowny movie review at Nitrate Online (Nicholas Schager)
Boston Globe (Ty Burr)
Hoffman confessed he was drawn to the role because ''this was a guy who didn't know how to feel, and I found that fascinating.'' His challenge is our ...read the complete Owning Mahowny movie review at Boston Globe (Ty Burr)
Variety (David Rooney)
Philip Seymour Hoffman and John Hurt give compelling performances... But the coldly unrewarding drama is as distant and joyless as its protagonist, representing a disappointment for director Richard Kwietniowski. ...read the complete Owning Mahowny movie review at Variety (David Rooney)
TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Ironically, it's most engaging when the focus shifts to Hurt's matter-of-factly amoral enabler, whose glistening suits and jewel-colored shirt-and-tie combinations suggest a particularly poisonous tropical reptile. ...read the complete Owning Mahowny movie review at TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Boston Globe (Ty Burr)
For all the millions its antihero fritters away, the movie is dramatically miserly, with a scope too small for the emotions at stake. ...read the complete Owning Mahowny movie review at Boston Globe (Ty Burr)
Toronto Life (--)
Arizona Republic (Randy Cordova)
Despite its intelligence, it's dreary and uninvolving, more an exercise in style than an act of love. ...read the complete Owning Mahowny movie review at Arizona Republic (Randy Cordova)
New York Times (Elvis Mitchell)
Mr. Kwietniowski's mellow and diminutive story of obsession lacks the tall-tale perversity of his previous Love and Death on Long Island . ...read the complete Owning Mahowny movie review at New York Times (Elvis Mitchell)
TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
With its protagonist relegated to the emotional sidelines the film coasts along on brisk efficiency, chronicling heedless self-destruction with a detachment that's positively glacial. ...read the complete Owning Mahowny movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Palo Alto Online (Susan Tavernetti)
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