Max Rose
| Max Rose | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Directed by | Daniel Noah |
| Produced by |
Lawrence Inglee Garrett Kelleher Bill Walton |
| Written by | Daniel Noah |
| Starring |
Jerry Lewis Kerry Bishé Illeana Douglas Rance Howard Kevin Pollak Mort Sahl Dean Stockwell Lee Weaver Fred Willard Claire Bloom |
| Music by | Morgan Z Whirledge |
| Cinematography | Christopher Blauvelt |
| Edited by |
Richard Halsey Colleen Halsey |
Production company |
Lightstream Entertainment Rush River Entertainment |
| Distributed by | Paladin |
Release dates |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Max Rose is a 2016 American drama film starring Jerry Lewis and written and directed by Daniel Noah. The film also stars Kevin Pollak, Kerry Bishe, Dean Stockwell and Claire Bloom. It is Lewis's first starring film role since 1995's Funny Bones. Oscar winners Michel Legrand with Alan and Marilyn Bergman created an original song for the feature. The film is produced by Lightstream Entertainment's Garrett Kelleher and Blackbird’s Lawrence Inglee, along with Rush River’s Bill Walton.
A preliminary cut of the film was shown at the Cannes Film Festival in 2013.[1] It had its first official screening, and US premiere, at the Museum of Modern Art as the final piece of a MOMA exhibition called "Happy Birthday, Mr. Lewis: The Kid Turns 90" in April 2016. Max Rose will receive limited theatrical release through Paladin in September 2016, with nationwide expansion to follow through October.[2]
Plot
Max Rose (Jerry Lewis) is an aging jazz pianist who learns that his wife of 50 years may have been unfaithful to him. Though his career wasn’t everything he’d hoped it would be, Max Rose always felt like a success because his beautiful, elegant wife (Eva) was by his side. While going through her things, however, Max discovers an object bearing an intimate inscription from another man, a shocking revelation that leads him to believe his entire marriage, indeed, his entire life, was built on a lie. Coping with anger, withdrawal and his own fragile health, Rose embarks on an exploration of his past, all the while searching for Eva’s mystery suitor, hoping to find the answers he needs to be at peace.
Cast
- Jerry Lewis as Max Rose
- Kerry Bishé as Annie Rose
- Illeana Douglas as Jenny
- Rance Howard as Walter Prewitt
- Kevin Pollak as Christopher Rose
- Mort Sahl as Jack Murphy
- Dean Stockwell as Ben Tracey
- Lee Weaver as Lee Miller
- Fred Willard as Jim Clark
- Claire Bloom as Eva Rose
Reception
The film currently has a 33% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based of 39 critic reviews, stating that "Max Rose marks Jerry Lewis' long-overdue return to the screen -- and is unfortunately less than memorable in almost every other respect."