Listen to Me Marlon
Seen it?2015 | 103 min | Documentary
Sunday Safe Betearly ratingWhy it’s a Sunday Safe Bet
Critics loved it (95% on Rotten Tomatoes), though it had almost no lasting buzz and soft box office. A safe bet when you want something reliable.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for the curious. Critics rate it higher than audiences do, so it rewards patience more than it chases thrills.
- The mood
- Eye-opening.
- The pace
- Moves along nicely, at 1 hr 43 min.
- What might put you off
- Audiences were cooler on it than critics.
With exclusive access to his extraordinary unseen and unheard personal archive including hundreds of hours of audio recorded over the course of his life, this is the definitive Marlon Brando cinema documentary. Charting his exceptional career as an actor and his extraordinary life away from the stage and screen with Brando himself as your guide, the film will fully explore the complexities of the man by telling the story uniquely from Marlon's perspective, entirely in his own voice. No talking heads, no interviewees, just Brando on Brando and life.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsVery strong
95% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesSolid
7.5 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 6K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Stevan Riley
- Marlon BrandoSelf (archive footage)
- Stella AdlerSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Bette DavisSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Montgomery CliftSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Anna KashfiSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Dick CavettSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Francis Ford CoppolaSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Konstantin StanislavskiSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Burt ReynoldsSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Bernardo BertolucciSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)