Reviews
The Benefactor
Directed by Andrew Renzi · starring Tibor Feldman, Richard Gere and Dylan Baker
- 4 from the press
- 6.1 · 2 votes
The Benefactor: reviews
- 5.8 AverageMovieNCo
- 6.1 Users2 votes
- 5.6 Critics4 reviews
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6.1 2 votes
What the critics say average 5.6 from 4
- 7.0 VarietyBen Kenigsberg
The movie ends in a more conventional place than the one where it begins, yet it still marks a surprising and graceful first fiction feature for writer-director Andrew Renzi.
Read - 6.3 New York PostSara Stewart
Fanning has little to do beyond grasping her prosthetic stomach, but James is a decent foil for Gere, who gives form to the highly topical subject of how pain meds destroy lives.
Read - 5.0 Chicago Sun-TimesRichard Roeper
More times than not, The Benefactor takes the less interesting fork in the road.
Read - 4.0 Los Angeles TimesSheri Linden
What begins as an intriguing psychological thriller devolves into an addiction drama, growing less interesting as it proceeds and giving costars Dakota Fanning and Theo James little to do.
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Questions about the reviews of The Benefactor
- What score does The Benefactor have?
- Readers give it 6.1 (2 votes). The critics, 5.6 on average from 4 reviews.
- What do the critics say about The Benefactor?
- The highest score is Variety’s (7.0) and the lowest Los Angeles Times’s (4.0).