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Collaborator
Directed by
Martin Donovan
2012
87m
Not Rated
Comedy
,
Drama
,
Thriller
6
73%
61%
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A playwright whose marriage and career are in a free fall has an explosive run-in with his former neighbor, a right-wing ex-con.
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Cast of Collaborator
Martin Donovan
Robert Longfellow
David Morse
Gus
Olivia Williams
Emma Stiles
Julian Richings
Maurice LeFont
Katherine Helmond
Irene Longfellow
Melissa Auf der Maur
Alice Longfellow
Eileen Ryan
Betty
Collaborator Reviews
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
The dolefully talented actor Martin Donovan wrote, directed, and stars in a pressure-cooker two-hander.
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
It's no surprise that Donovan's directorial debut finds him firmly rejecting the mainstream in favor of a deliberately suffocating challenge.
New York Times
Stephen Holden
An exceedingly earnest, high-minded hostage drama in which any visceral tension is secondary to topical debates by a captor and his prisoner.
New York Post
Farran Smith Nehme
Both characters are riveting, and they even manage to earn most of the freight that Donovan loads onto his heavily ironic title.
Los Angeles Times
Gary Goldstein
Oddly, it's Donovan's performance here that proves the movie's weakest link, though his writing and helming tie for a close second.
PopMatters
Chris Barsanti
Collaborator is a sharp and vital debut that keeps viewers guessing at all the right moments.
Reel Film Reviews
David Nusair
...the movie's various problems [are] exacerbated by a complete and total absence of suspense or tension.
Metro
Adam Nayman
A witty and well-paced thriller.
Paste Magazine
Chelsey Grasso
Overall, The Collaborator is the type of film that rewards repeated viewings.
Slant Magazine
Chris Cabin
The banter is playful and brazenly self-aware, but the ideas are a bit stale and don't lead anywhere emotionally substantial or narratively spontaneous.
NPR
Andrew Lapin
Writer-director-star Martin Donovan can't connect the dots; the film is a ponderous bore.
Village Voice
Chris Packham
On one level, it's a dark, funny tragedy, but it's also Donovan's thesis on his own craft.
Moveable Fest
Stephen Saito
Although the film has more than its share of fun with the culture clash between Robert and Gus, it also gives dignity to both of them, weaponizing their ideas and rendering the outcome far less interesting than the path to getting there.
Film Journal International
David Noh
In his debut auteurial flourish, writer-director-writer Martin Donovan proves himself a triple-threat bore.
Movieline
Michelle Orange
What takes shape is a character piece that makes a literary job of deconstructing the hostage thriller.
Hollywood & Fine
Marshall Fine
An assured directorial debut for actor Martin Donovan (who also wrote the script)...smart, funny and tense, featuring a riveting performance by David Morse.
Cinemalogue
Todd Jorgenson
It's a promising debut for the director and an intriguing study of characters facing desperate circumstances.
WBAI Radio
Prairie Miller
Donovan mulls human relationships to authority, propaganda and the media, and scrutinizes with raw power the convergence of class, war and politics along the turbulent spectrum in his movie, from Vietnam to the Red State/Blue State divide today.
NYC Movie Guru
Avi Offer
A quietly suspenseful, provocative and surprising directorial debut. It shows great promise in Martin Donovan's budding career as a writer/director.
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