"This is the best biopic about my life so far." - Howard Hughes

Nice paced diversionary film. Also Alfred Molino's best performance since "Raiders" (ok, probably not true).

Not pleased. slowgoing and unintriguing.

note: watched a little over half and turned it off. Poor screenplay and Hallstrom's attempt to create a sense of the era w/cuts of television footage was too much to take. Carter Burwell's score was good but use of standard pop/rock songs was a little too been there/done that. too bad - source material is really incomparable. should've been great.

"The Hoax pulls off the delicate trick of dutifully damning its protagonist's conduct." - Nick Schager

very entertaining story based on actual events.

Good story with an average filming.

In the end there's not much left in your hand. Interesting story didn't turn into an interesting movie.

A relatively good and interesting film build on a spectacular story.

Excellent filmmaking. A 'good movie' exemplefied.

not so good

A very fine character study as rendered by Richard Gere, with superlative supporting work(as always) from Alfred Molina... Fun!

An interesting and enthralling film, with great performances all around.

A fluid and interesting movie, but nothing spectacular in any way.

When the film focuses of the mechanics of the hoax and the delighted mischief of the co-conspirators, it achieves a nice energy. Then the backstories and psychological complications and messy romantic entanglements begin to swamp the film. Irving is played by Richard Gere delivers nice work as a charming huckster. Hallstrom, on the other hand, has now completely devolved from the elegant simplicity of films like Once Around and What's Eating Gilbert Grape to a style that is purely pedestrian.