CRITICS & JOURNALISTS:



Peter Rainer, Blomberg.com
Whatever his private fears may be, as an actor he's fearless.

Eric Kohn, Cinematical
He's a unique figure in mainstream American cinema, blending commercial appeal with strangely seductive idiosyncrasies, and his latest roles only help diversify his allure.

Josh Tate, Hollywood LAist
I believe America should see every movie in which national treasure Robert Downey Jr. appears. You can have your

Johnny Depp. I'll take Robert F***ng Downey Jr.



Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine
Throughout his career, Downey has displayed a remarkable ability to evoke flashes of profound humanity where you'd least expect it. This is a guy who likes challenges.

Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times
He's one of our favorite actors and the word "miscast" has never been applied to him. EVER.

Kevin West, W magazine
Downey is well known in Hollywood as a brilliantly amusing personality and he certainly lives up to his reputation in person. He is solicitous, manic, hilariously profane and often unexpectedly self-revealing.

Scott Raab, Esquire magazine
How can you not love this silly, laughing, wheezing, buzzing, tap-dancing motherf***?

Ebert & Roeper, film critics
Robert Downey Jr. seems to be applying for the "Christopher Walken Lifetime Achievement Award" for never giving a dull performance in a movie.

Marcus Lucas, Berliner Zeitung
Only a few people can break your heart on screen before saying one single word - this man can.

Steve Garbarino, Detour magazine
Robert Downey, Jr. is as bullshit-free as it gets, and as good a person as they come.

Mathieu Carratier, French Premiere magazine
A little advise to other actors: get some anti-depression pills if you plan to watch "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang". Downey could seriously make you want to [change jobs and] become a baker. That's how good he is.

Bruce Kirkland, Toronto Sun
Spontaneous sweetness, furtive paranoia and creative genius - rarely found together and with such explosiveness - meet in unique ways in Robert Downey, Jr.

Larry King, CNN
Robert Downey, Jr. is the finest actor of his generation - you can take that to the bank.

Heat Magazine
The man is a genius. You have to watch every film he's ever done. "Chaplin" was superb.

Lesley O'Toole, Scotsman.com
Downey Jr. comes across as honest, funny, empathic, excellent company and endearing in every way, qualities rarely seen together in any of his colleagues.

David Edelstein, Slate
Is there any leading man more fun to watch? Even in the darkest days of his addiction, I never heard stories about diva behavior or lazy work. He was always trying to top himself, and he gets better and better.

Todd Gilchrist, Filmstew
Downey mysteriously remains one of the most versatile actors of his generation. Despite his many personal peccadilloes, his performances only become richer with age.

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Downey is a fine actor, smart and in command of his presence.

Amy Taubin, The Village Voice
Downey radiates more energy doing nothing discernible than most other actors do when they let it all hang out.

Anthony Lane, The New Yorker
Downey is the leading protean in American movies. Watching a Downey film, I look at his eyes, as restless as Cary Grant’s, listen to his wired delivery, with its hiccups and bass slurs, and follow his easy tacking back and forth between sexual tastes, and I see not just an invincible dread of boredom. I see somebody whose only conceivable home is the movie business.