Bigger Than the Sky is, like its lead character, equal parts endearing and exasperating.
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02/23/05
Bigger Than the Sky (2005)
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Reviews Counted:16
Fresh:2
Rotten:14
Average Rating:3.6/10
Reviews for Bigger Than the Sky
1 - 17 (sorted by fresh rating; UK critics are listed first)
Yup, this is another one of those flicks about how wacky life in the theater is, and how wacky theater people are, but it’s a thoroughly charming example of the breed.
02/17/05
As the main character learns his life lesson from those kooky thespians, the rest of us are just reminded why we avoided drama club in the first place.
02/18/05
Self-conscious comic drama.
02/17/05
Top CriticIt feels like a work in progress, but there is promise.
02/17/05
Nearly two hours of an earnest, predictable comedy about a pathetic schlemiel who hopes to redeem himself by acting in the community theater.
02/18/05
Bigger lopes along endlessly, a no-surprises foray into backstage high jinks and the notion of life as the best acting coach there is.
02/22/05
The movie is a too-familiar tale of the drama and intrigues, the laughter and tears, the blah-blah and the whatever, that go on backstage in a community theater company.
02/17/05
It's strictly amateur hour.
02/18/05
A sweet story can't overcome a seriously flawed film.
02/17/05
This low-key comedy has some charming elements but struggles to weave them into anything significant.
02/17/05
Painfully well-intentioned, the film is undone by a lead character who undermines any goodwill earned by the performances of John Corbett, Amy Smart, Clare Higgins, Allan Corduner, Patty Duke and Sean Astin.
02/17/05
Top CriticAre the filmmakers making meta use of a bland, uncharismatic actor to play a bland, uncharismatic actor who plays one of the theater's most memorable men? Nah, thinking like that requires panache.
02/23/05
The story is as predictable as it is saccharine. Apart from the presence of local landmarks, there's no reason the Rose City should be proud of this effort.
02/18/05
Feels constrained by its unshakable predisposition toward actorly fawning.
02/20/05
An off-putting combination of earnestness and apparent disregard for audience involvement.
02/23/05
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