Stand Up Guys
Released from prison after serving 28 years, Val reunites with his old friend and partner Doc who is tasked to kill Val as soon as possible. The pair then try to get the old gang back together for one last hurrah before Doc does his task.
11 September 1941, Saint-Chartier, Indre, France
17 December 1977, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
7 January 1975, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, UK
3 December 1978, Chicago, Illinois, USA
31 March 1943, Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
30 December 1977, London, England, UK
25 July 1984, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
10 June 1968, Canton, Massachusetts, USA
29 June 1991, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1 June 1972, Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
25 April 1940, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
26 March 1934, New York City, New York, USA
28 December 1977, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
22 May 1978, New York City, New York, USA
6 September 1947, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
July 13, 2013
Thanks to Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, and Alan Arkin - mostly just for being charismatic old pros who are fun to hang out with - Stand Up Guys is watchable, occasionally amusing, not altogether insufferable.
February 02, 2013
Some actors don't need top-shelf material. Just the pleasure of their company is enough. And so Al Pacino, Christopher Walken and Alan Arkin turn the insubstantial Stand Up Guys into solid entertainment.
February 01, 2013
The degree to which "Stand Up Guys" succeeds at all is completely dependent on Walken, who elevates everything around him by seemingly doing nothing at all.
July 05, 2013
A messy script isn't enough to undermine these clever veteran actors, who manage to make the most of the humour, drama and action without ever losing their dignity.
April 17, 2016
At least Pacino and Arkin will always have "Glengarry Glen Ross."
February 04, 2013
Thematic inconsistencies abound as Stevens aims for a tone somewhere between Grumpy Old Men, The Hangover, and Goodfellas.
February 01, 2013
It's just fun to watch Pacino, Walken and Arkin work together, very much enjoying the shared experience. Seeing Stand Up Guys is an offer you could easily refuse, but hey, why fight it?
November 09, 2013
The pace is too slack, the gags too tired and the plot too hackneyed for the film to be more than fitfully engaging for all but die-hard Pacino and Walken fans.
July 01, 2013
It's depressing to see the likes of Pacino reduced to making erectile dysfunction jokes, more so when the film labours the gag by having him overdose on Viagra.
February 01, 2013
Is it fun? Sure, some of the time. Is it good? That's a stretch. Does it tap the potential of these three actors? Fuggedaboutit.
July 02, 2013
Stand Up Guys probably won't appeal to anyone whose father hasn't got friends of pensionable age.
February 01, 2013
If you don't think Al Pacino still has it in him, this is a welcome chance to be proved wrong.
