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- 75TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghFilmmaker Barry Hershey's impressionistic documentary about the casting process is the antidote to years of comic "audition montages," those guaranteed laugh-getting freak-show parades of no-talents mangling monologues and pulling nutty stunts in hopes of standing out from the crowd.
- 70VarietyVarietyFilm's warm disposition and deliberate lack of razzmatazz will hook discerning, mature viewers.
- A solid documentary about how art is made.
- 70L.A. WeeklyL.A. WeeklyA nicely contemplative documentary about actors and their ambivalent relationship with that intimidating space.
- 70Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranA fascinating and surprisingly involving film.
- 63Boston GlobeTy BurrBoston GlobeTy BurrVoyeurism is central to the cinema and to acting, of course, and you'd better believe these women know it. Still, Casting About feels oddly disingenuous.