Ballad of a Small Player's reviews
Media reviews
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"'Ballad of a Small Player' is a tiring mishandling of what this story could be, a film that strains its bare concept into a lax, unremarkable tale of a man pushing himself to the brink, then being surprised when he\'s once again hit rock bottom".
Roger Ebert
"Again, Farrell doesn't misstep here. He's become one of our more consistent actors, and he does his best to ground Berger's vision—to such a degree that Doyle's desperate flop sweat starts to feel like the actor's thwarted attempts too."
Variety
"We watch Doyle win his way back on top, but the roller coaster has gone off the rails by this point. One minute, he\'s having a heart attack, the next he\'s shoveling fistfuls of lobster into his face. It\'s no fault of Farrell\'s".
Festival Internacional de Cine de Lanzarote