Me and Orson Welles (2008)

Name: Me and Orson Welles
Director: Richard Linklater
Genre: Drama, History, Comedy
Released: 2008
Duration: 114 min

"All's Fair in love and Theater."

ThumbScore

👍 68%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.

Critics Score

🎬 79% (RT: 85%, MC: 73)

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Director

Richard Linklater

Runtime

1h 54m

Country

United Kingdom, United States of America, Ireland

Language

English

TMDB Rating

6.4/10 (215 votes)

Rotten Tomatoes

85%

Metacritic

Cast

Zac Efron as Richard Samuels · 70% avg

Christian McKay as Orson Welles · 70% avg

Claire Danes as Sonja Jones · 70% avg

Ben Chaplin as George Coulouris · 69% avg

Zoe Kazan as Gretta Alder · 69% avg

Eddie Marsan as John Houseman · 69% avg

Kelly Reilly as Muriel Brassler · 70% avg

James Tupper as Joseph Cotten · 60% avg

Is Me and Orson Welles good?

It's divisive. 68% audience score, estimated from 215 TMDB ratings. Critics gave it 79%.

Overview

New York, 1937. A teenager hired to star in Orson Welles' production of Julius Caesar becomes attracted to a career-driven production assistant. Wikipedia ↗