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Anthony Bourdain Biopic ‘Tony’ Lands 100% Perfect Rotten Tomatoes Score

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The Anthony Bourdain biopic "Tony," starring Dominic Sessa, has landed a perfect critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes in its first round of reviews posted on the site.

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11 articles, oldest first.

  1. The Hollywood Reporter

    ‘Tony’ Review: Dominic Sessa Finds Ideal Balance Between Cocky and Lost in Tender Coming-of-Age Portrait of a Young Anthony Bourdain (opens The Hollywood Reporter)

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    Also starring Antonio Banderas, Emilia Jones and Leo Woodall, Matt Johnson’s bio-drama chronicles a formative Provincetown summer during which the future chef worked in a hectic kitchen.

  2. UPI

    Movie review: 'Tony' makes Anthony Bourdain's dark side compelling (opens UPI)

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    "Tony," in theaters Aug. 7, improves the biopic by portraying Anthony Bourdain's (Dominic Sessa) antisocial qualities on his path to redemption.

  3. The Guardian

    Tony review – knives out in tasty reheat of Anthony Bourdain’s memoir (opens The Guardian)

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    Dominic Sessa stars as a conceited yet vulnerable young chef alongside Antonio Banderas – but the feelgood factor is compromised by what we know of the author For all the drugs and punch-ups, this is an unexpectedly sentimental coming-of-age story – or maybe origin myth – about the formative youthfu…

  4. Variety

    ‘Tony’ Review: Dominic Sessa Gives His First Movie-Star Performance in Matt Johnson’s Tasty Biopic About the Young Anthony Bourdain (opens Variety)

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    The beauty of "Tony" is that it doesn’t make anything feel predetermined. It’s the story of an old-school American summer — those months when a college kid like Tony, doing a job because he needs a job, has the drifting freedom to fall into random experiences, because that’s the enchantment of being…

  5. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Movie Review: Anthony Bourdain biopic 'Tony' is just an early nibble at a culinary giant (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    The Anthony Bourdain biopic “Tony” explores a pivotal summer in 1975 when the future chef-traveler worked in a Cape Cod kitchen

  6. Forbes

    Anthony Bourdain Biopic ‘Tony’ Lands 100% Perfect Rotten Tomatoes Score (opens Forbes)

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    The Anthony Bourdain biopic "Tony," starring Dominic Sessa, has landed a perfect critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes in its first round of reviews posted on the site.

  7. New York Post

    ‘Tony’ review: Late Anthony Bourdain is turned into a coming-of-age movie hero (opens New York Post)

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    If a viewer doesn’t know Bourdain from Pepin, “Tony” would play as a highly entertaining, heart-tugging and fictional boy-to-man vacation flick, like “The Way Way Back.”

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