What is the iRankMovies score for The Player?

Name: The Player
Director: Robert Altman
Genre: comedy, crime, drama, mystery, thriller
Released: 1992
Duration: 2 h 4 min
Rating: 7.5

The Player has an iRankMovies score of 82.7/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

The Player (1992)

Now More Than Ever!

Release:1992

Runtime:2h 4m

Country:United States

Director:Robert Altman

Language:English

Genre

ComedyCrimeDrama

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Keywords

Based On Novel Or BookHomicideMovie BusinessBlackmailScreenwriterHollywoodDeath ThreatMovie Mogul

iRank83

The Player rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.5/10· 71K votes

Rotten Tomatoes97%

Metacritic86%

TMDb7.193/10· 950 votes

With 97% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.5/10 on IMDb and 86/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About The Player

A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?

Cast of The Player

Tim Robbins
as Griffin Mill
Greta Scacchi
as June Gudmundsdottir
Fred Ward
as Walter Stuckel
Whoopi Goldberg
as Detective Avery
Peter Gallagher
as Larry Levy
Brion James
as Joel Levison
Cynthia Stevenson
as Bonnie Sherow
Vincent D'Onofrio
as David Kahane
Dean Stockwell
as Andy Civella
Richard E. Grant
as Tom Oakley
Sydney Pollack
as Dick Mellen
Lyle Lovett
as Detective DeLongpre

The Player facts

Budget: $8M
Box office: $21.7M

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Satire bites deeply into Hollywood culture with sharp observational humor
•Mystery plot structure drives engagement through murder investigation framework
•Ensemble cast creates layered social commentary on industry excess and ambition

What the audience disliked

•Cynical worldview becomes relentless making character motivation murky and unclear
•Pacing drags through Hollywood party sequences that test audience patience