Release: Malik

Malik
Genre: Drama
Director: David Fincher
Writer: Alex Conn
Cast: Julia Roberts, Ashton Sanders, Stanley Tucci, Billy Crudup, Mikey Madison, Harley Quinn Smith, Maude Apatow, Rory Kinnear






Budget: $40,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $43,039,000
Foreign Box Office: $18,799,323
Total Profit: -$18,000,096

Reaction: The box office failure of Malik continues director David Fincher's up and down track record at the LRF box office and is the third flop in a row for writer Conn - not exactly the preferred turn-out.

"I'm unconvinced that the structure of the script and editing of the film were best suited for the material, leading to another average-at-best LRF outing for Fincher. But Roberts and Sanders are doing the best with what they have and it's hard not to be captivated when the two are on screen. I wouldn't be surprised to hear their names during awards season, particularly Roberts." - Kate Yarbrough, The Guardian

"While Julia Roberts tries her best and David Fincher works w/ what he has got, Malik himself is too unlikable in such a disgraceful way to excuse anything & everything he does. Alex Conn is trying for something different to show the troubles of Nature v. Nurture along with mental illness. Nevertheless, the film as a whole does not deliver as everyone involved wants it to." - Dale Rennoll, New York Sun

"The story here is actually pretty interesting. Julia Roberts nails the role of an affluent woman with a savior complex, and Ashton Sanders does a decent job holding his own opposite her. That said, there were some very unnecessary flashbacks that completely take you out of the journey of Roberts' character. Malik's high school years are irrelevant to the more interesting present day legal story (even if the story doesn't seem to have much knowledge of how the law works)." - Cooper Wilson, The Earl Hays Press

Rated R for language, some violence and thematic material