Max Rose
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Director Daniel Noah Duration Music director Michel Legrand Country United States | 7.8/10 IMDb Genre Drama, Family Running time 1h 23m Screenplay Daniel Noah Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date May 23, 2013 (2013-05-23) (Cannes) Writer Daniel Noah (screenplay), Daniel Noah Cast Jerry Lewis (Max Rose), Kerry Bishé (Annie Rose), Kevin Pollak (Christopher Rose), Claire Bloom (Eva Rose), Dean Stockwell (Ben Tracey), Illeana Douglas (Jenny Flowers)Similar movies A Dangerous Woman (1993), Finding Graceland (1999), Easy Rider: The Ride Back (2012), Rocket Gibraltar (1988), Red Sky at Morning (1971) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Max Rose is a 2016 American drama film starring Jerry Lewis and written and directed by Daniel Noah. The film also stars Kevin Pollak, Kerry Bishe, Dean Stockwell and Claire Bloom. It is Lewis' first starring film role since 1995's Funny Bones, as well as his final starring role. Oscar winners Michel Legrand with Alan and Marilyn Bergman created an original song for the feature. The film was produced by Lightstream Entertainment's Garrett Kelleher and Blackbird’s Lawrence Inglee, along with Rush River’s Bill Walton.
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A preliminary cut of the film was shown at the Cannes Film Festival in 2013. It had its first official screening, and US premiere, at the Museum of Modern Art as the final piece of a MOMA exhibition called "Happy Birthday, Mr. Lewis: The Kid Turns 90" in April 2016. Max Rose received a limited theatrical release through Paladin in September 2016, with nationwide expansion in October 2016.
Plot
Max Rose (Jerry Lewis) is an aging jazz pianist who learns that his wife of 65 years may have been unfaithful to him. Though his career was not everything he had hoped it would be, Max Rose always felt like a success because his beautiful, elegant wife (Eva) was by his side. While going through her things, however, Max discovers an object bearing an intimate inscription from another man, a shocking revelation that leads him to believe his entire marriage, indeed, his entire life, was built on a lie. Coping with anger, withdrawal and his own fragile health, Rose embarks on an exploration of his past, all the while searching for Eva’s mystery suitor, hoping to find the answers he needs to be at peace.
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Reception
The film has a 35% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based of 40 critic reviews, stating that "Max Rose marks Jerry Lewis' long-overdue return to the screen – and is unfortunately less than memorable in almost every other respect."
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