Marketic It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Lachlan Coulson This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

leonblackwood Review: I found this storyline to be weak and a bit silly. If your going to fake your own death, surely your going to change the way you look and try and keep undercover. Anyway, the director really didn't think the whole storyline through and the acting, from these 2 A-listers, wasn't that terrific. The way that Colin Firth's character thoroughly planned his own death to become a golf pro, ditching his son in the process, was a recipe for disaster right from the beginning and when Blunts character was added to the mix, it just made things worse. The love story was predictable and the ending was very sketchy. Basically the director left it up to the audience to make up there own mind about Firth's character returning to reality, which could have been written much better. Anyway, I did loose interest halfway through the movie and I struggled to keep my eyes open. Disappointing! Round-Up: Colin Firth's career really does have it's up and downs. After winning the Oscar for The King's Speech, which he did deserve, and starring in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, he hasn't really starred in any major roles. With the release of Before I Go To Sleep coming out soon, maybe this will bring him back to the limelight. Emily Blunt seems to act the same in all of her movies, but she has been cast in some big budget blockbusters. From The Devil Wears Prada to the Edge Of Tomorrow, I doubt that this low budget movie will damage her career. As the movie is based around these 2 characters, there isn't that much to say about the rest of the cast, but I was expecting something better from these 2 major stars. Budget: N/A Worldwide Gross: $208,000 (Terrible!)I recommend this movie to people who are into there dramas about a man faking his own death to work in a gold club. 3/10

adi_2002 Wallace is sick of his life, the fact that the relation with his son is a bad one, his love life is a mess and decides to assume another identity, the one of Arthur Newman and decides to go Terre Haute Indiana where he is convinced that a good career as a professional golf played waits him. On the sun bed of the motel where she is checked in he sees a mysterious stranger, a girl who likes to be called Mike. He takes her to a hospital and rescues her from the degrading situation in witch she was when he find her. Now Mike wants to accompany him in his trip but little that she knows that he is not the only one who has one identity and she has a secret of her own. Yes, Arthur nothing because nothing interesting happens in this movie besides the wasted talents of three good actors Colin Firth, Anne Heche and Emily Blunt. I wonder what they where thinking when they read the scrip or that they really read it in fact. It's slow with long and boring sequences, some gestures of tenderness between the main characters but nothing serious. Don't waste your time with this one. It's the kind of movie that demonstrates that even if they are included some important names of cinema, doesn't really mean that the picture is good.

blanche-2 I guess I can see why Colin Firth would be attracted to the role of a depressed American, but really, the script wasn't up to his level.Firth and Emily Blunt star in "Arthur Newman," a 2012 film directed by Dante Ariola. Wallace Avery (Firth) is unhappy at his job as a floor manager. He's divorced, has a girlfriend (Anne Heche), and a young son who hates him. An excellent golfer, he didn't make it as a pro because of nerves. However, he helped a man with his slice, and as a result, has been offered the job of golf pro at a club in Terre Haute, Indiana. He fakes his death and takes off.Along the way, he helps a young woman (Blunt) by taking her to the hospital. When she's better, she goes with him. Eventually, they become lovers. He finds out she's using a fake identity as well, running from a twin sister who is schizophrenic and may need her.The two of them start to break into people's houses and take on their identities and make love in their beds.This is a pretty boring, slow movie enlivened by the performances of the two leads. Along the way we learn something about the characters, but not enough to become truly invested in them. We just know they're miserable. We know Wallace's son hates him because he wasn't there for him, but we don't know why or what went on between them, or what happened with his ex-wife, and why his girlfriend is discontented.It's sad because this could have been an amazing movie. It's about two people that learn what they love about each other and their value to those left behind. But it doesn't go into these facets deeply enough.Both Firth and Blunt are excellent, trying to flesh out what's there. In the end, I was sympathetic to the characters but not really involved with them. It was sort of like giving street directions to two strangers and then wishing them luck.

simona gianotti From the point of view of script and character study the picture doesn't offer very much to think about, dialogues are not that interesting, and characters, taken both as individuals with personal conflicts, and as parts of complicated relationships are not well developed, each of them leading a difficult life, carrying a painful past, but never coming out thoroughly.What stands out is the unexpected chemistry between Colin Firth and Emily Blunt, being both talented actors, they offer solid performances and can involve the viewer, along their escape in this kind of road movie, although their search for other people's identities always remains at a superficial level. In the end the viewer wonders where the point was and the final turning point sounds predictable and too hasty. Had the movie had a different, more dramatic but more realistic finale, it would have certainly gained more depth and credibility.