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17 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Slant MagazineOleg IvanovSlant MagazineOleg IvanovJohn DeLorean has a biography that could have been reverse engineered from a Hollywood epic about the rise and fall of an auto-industry mogul.
- 85IGNIGNFraming John DeLorean deftly tells the bigger-than-life tale of one man’s bold quest to build a timeless sports car.
- 80VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen GleibermanAn adventurous hybrid. ... It shouldn’t work, but it does.
- 75Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreBaldwin lets us see glimpses of a movie that might be — on cable or streaming, a mini-series of “The People Vs. O.J. Simpson” style. Baldwin gets the tall, ungainly gait down and the makeup looks like that of a vain, egotistical “winner” who’d had work done to give him that profile.
- 75The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzFraming John DeLorean is a film that delights in stretching the truth, so maybe its constant ignorance of Hamm’s work is just part of its whole meta-narrative shtick.
- 67The Film StageJohn FinkThe Film StageJohn FinkFraming John DeLorean suffers from functioning as two potentially entertaining films in one, fighting it out on screen.
- 60Screen DailyAllan HunterScreen DailyAllan HunterThe film is hugely impressive in the scope of those interviewed.
- 60Rolling StoneDavid FearRolling StoneDavid FearAnd while the arrest and trial take up the bulk of the film’s focus, no amount of famous folks mouthing lines can compare to the compelling, grainy black-and-white clips of the real-deal DeLorean getting busted by the feds.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThough Framing John DeLorean offers a more comprehensive look at a flamboyant subject's life, it doesn't entirely do justice to the tale, and the meta-movie nature of its dramatized scenes does little to help.
- 50TheWrapElizabeth WeitzmanTheWrapElizabeth WeitzmanThis ambitious approach is, unfortunately, more intriguing than effective.