Cast of The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
Robin Williams Henry Altmann Mila Kunis Dr. Sharon Gill Peter Dinklage Aaron Altmann Chris Gethard Dr. Jordan Reed Hamish Linklater Tommy Altmann Da'Vine Joy Randolph Nurse Rowan Sunah Bilsted Elevator Mother Noah Radcliffe Tommy (10 Years Old) Sawyer Ever Tommy (5 Years Old) Adam Chernick Peter (7 Years Old) Zariah Singletary Flower Girl
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn Reviews
Mr. Williams' performance is so grating that you may find yourself more infuriated than amused. New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
Phil Alden Robinson's overheated dramedy feels disconnected from reality in every emotional way, but at least he captures the impotent fury that hits everyone stuck in the wrong lane on Flatbush Ave. 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. RogerEbert.com Glenn Kenny
Williams, of course, has been doing a gruff-turns-to-lovable schtick as opposed to any organic acting for more than half of his motion picture career, so his work here is what one might call dreadfully predictable. New York Post Sara Stewart
[Williams] has played against type before, but his presence feels like epic miscasting in this underwritten dramedy ... 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. leonardmaltin.com Leonard Maltin
"The Angriest Man in Brooklyn" doesn't seem to know what chord to strike: it veers wildly from madcap farce to social satire to sentimental family drama. A schmaltz opera that indulges Robin Williams' most melancholy tics and themes. New York Magazine/Vulture Bilge Ebiri
The film never quite manages to figure out what it's actually about. New York Times Nicolas Rapold
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. Los Angeles Times Robert Abele
Every scene between two people comes off like drunkenly shot video of a play rehearsal gone horribly wrong. Considering its outlandish premise, what the film lacks are any outlandish scenes-or, if not outlandish, then at least ones in the realm of the creative. [The film is] supposed to serve as a reminder that, low moments and all, this is truly still a wonderful life[.] Instead, it's a reminder that Robinson and Williams have each made some wonderful movies. But this isn't one of them. It seems life is still unendurable for those who feel entitled to absolute comfort from it. CraveOnline William Bibbiani
There's a rarely dramatized but profoundly understandable emotion that The Angriest Man in Brooklyn conveys: the anticipation of regret. TheMovieReport.com Michael Dequina
The cast is directed to often scream at each other at the top of their lungs, making the would-be comic material all bark with little-to-no bite. Common Sense Media Jeffrey M. Anderson
The movie feels more like it's stalling for time rather than filling itself with humanity and redemption. Phil Alden Robinson's film starts as a caustic comedy, and becomes a teary, life-affirming, and sentimental journey of a dying dad. This is the sort of monumental cinematic disaster that could only be made by talented people comprehensively bungling things. Brooklyn isn't heartbreaking, heartwarming, or funny. Instead, it's unbelievably awkward, and when it isn't artificial it's wrongheaded.
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