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As "A Man Called Otto," Tom Hanks' gruff yet noble curmudgeon will warm your heart
"A Man Called Otto" directed by Marc Foster and ... clown or saving an old man who has fallen on the very train tracks where Otto had planned to kill himself. Hanks nicely underplays here, amusing ...
The Daily Beast2y
‘A Man Called Otto’ Is Tom Hanks at His Most Insufferable
A Man Called Otto often feels mean-spirited and jaded, the film version of shaking your fist to the heavens. In one scene, Otto is planning on jumping in front of a train, only to save another man ...
The Hollywood Reporter2y
‘A Man Called Otto’ Review: Tom Hanks in a Predictable but Touching Portrait of Grief and Resilience
By Frank Scheck The poster for A Man Called Otto invites us to “fall in love ... when he boards a train going in the wrong direction in order to return a book she’s dropped.
Decider2y
A MAN CALLED OTTO : STREAM IT OR SKIP IT?
A Man Called Otto (now on Netflix, in addition to streaming on VOD services like Amazon Prime Video) continues the current run of Minor Tom Hanks performances, which began a few years back with ...
Los Angeles Times2y
Tom Hanks gives ‘A Man Called Otto’ an easygoing sincerity
Directed by Marc Forster, the film is based on the 2012 novel “A Man Called Ove” by Fredrik ... saves a man from being struck by a train. Otto seems at first to be a rigid, stuck-in-his ...
Observer2y
‘A Man Called Otto’ Review: A Plodding, Predictable Waste of Tom Hanks
A running gag that interrupts each new attempt he negotiates to do himself in—carbon monoxide, home-made noose, a leap into the path of an oncoming train—grows tedious fast while Otto becomes ...
The Cheat Sheet2y
‘A Man Called Otto’ Cast and Character Guide: Who’s Who in Tom Hanks’ Remake of the 2015 Swedish Blockbuster
A Man Called Otto follows a grumpy old man who lives in suburban Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A stickler for the rules, Otto enjoys maintaining order and cleanliness in his community of identical row ...
The Washington Post2y
‘A Man Called Otto’: Remake of Swedish film adds heart, loses soul
As the title character in “A Man Called Otto,” Tom Hanks plays a cantankerous widower with an affinity for home repair. When it comes to this tear-jerker’s own makeover — it’s based on ...
Decider2y
Is ‘A Man Called Otto’ Based on a True Story? How Swedish Author Fredrik Backman Came Up With His Character
A Man Called Otto is now streaming on Netflix, which means that Netflix subscribers can now stream the movie where Tom Hanks is mean for free, from the comfort of their own homes. The notoriously ...
Yahoo2y
A Man Called Otto: How Tom Hanks' son Truman ended up playing his father's younger self
When it came to casting the younger version of Tom Hanks’ character in the new dark comedy A Man Called Otto, it was a no-brainer for director Marc Forster who went with Hanks’ youngest son ...
TheWrap2y
‘A Man Called Otto’ Review: A Cranky Hanks Heads a Blah Humbug of a Movie
Tom Hanks has worked his high-wattage, regular-guy-hero amiability for so long that he was bound to experiment with a year like 2022 eventually. In the summer, he gave us an oily, flesh-packed ...
Tom's Guide2y
A Man Called Otto just hit No. 1 on Netflix: Stream it or skip it?
Tom Hanks' star power still shines bright. His most recent movie, A Man Called Otto, started streaming on Netflix on Saturday (May 6) and shot to No. 1 on the streaming service's Top 10 movies ...