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Metascore
8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenSeduced and Abandoned may be the year’s most entertaining put-on.
- 80The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawIt's a guilty-pleasure romp of a documentary, filmed at last year's Cannes film festival, all about the gorgeous, deadly and heartbreaking business of cinema itself.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerThe Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerToback does a great job introducing the non-initiated to the sticky job of getting a film funded outside the studio system.
- 80VarietyLeslie FelperinVarietyLeslie FelperinSpirited, highly amusing and endearingly shambolic.
- 80Total FilmJames MottramTotal FilmJames MottramMaverick director James Toback (Fingers) and Alec Baldwin front this frequently hilarious insider doc.
- 80Time Out LondonDave CalhounTime Out LondonDave CalhounBaldwin and Toback make a snappy comic duo, and half of their talks with a line-up of luminaries focus on the art of filmmaking rather than the business.
- 75The PlaylistKevin JagernauthThe PlaylistKevin JagernauthThe insider look at the industry is appealing, and Seduced And Abandoned is enjoyable but lightweight, and if anything, reaffirms that art doesn't come easy.
- 60EmpireEmpireJollied up with some fun anecdotes from Hollywood's great and good, this is entertaining, if hardly hugely revelatory stuff.