Flashbacks of a Fool 2008

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: Without Daniel Craig's 007-enhanced profile, it's unlikely that Flashbacks of a Fool would have appeared anywhere except the Netflix queues of his most rabid fans. Read more

Lance Goldenberg, L.A. Weekly: Craig's shaken-but-not-stirred charisma makes the most of an underwritten part, but the movie nearly flat-lines when the actor's not onscreen, which is often. Read more

Kyle Smith, New York Post: The bizarre secret isn't nearly interesting enough to justify the long buildup to it, and since it amounts to bad luck it doesn't really reveal anything about the actor, anyway. Read more

Anna King, Time Out: While the dialogue is often hackneyed and full of rushed backstory (not enough flashbacks, evidently), the cinematography excels, particularly the chiaroscuro interiors. Read more

Wally Hammond, Time Out: An ambitious but disappointing, regret-filled psycho-drama. Read more

Leslie Felperin, Variety: Whiile pic doesn't exactly feel like a vanity project, its weak script might have kept it forever in development hell if debutant writer-helmer Baillie Walsh weren't the topliner's good buddy. Read more