Perfection is the word for Mr Plummer's performance!!! Was mesmerizing and He captivated me fully. The late Barrymore would have been so proud of it all.

Friggin amazing... genius, profound, profane, deeply sad, funny and pathetic. Plummer is the be all and end all of acting.

Christopher Plummer's performance was absolutely brilliant. From the moment he stepped on stage I was transfixed. Funny... heartbreaking... totally engrossing. It was a Master Class in acting. And kudos to the Director & crew who created magic from stage to cinema. I left the theatre elated knowing I had seen something that was so powerfully special. I urge anyone who loves film or stage to treat yourself to a rare & heartmoving cinematic experience.

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Christopher Plummer, what a great actor, he is known mainly to the world as Capt. Von Trapp in the Sound of music. It seems as though he has heightened his acting skills on film since he has reached his early eighties, with a 2011 Oscar for Beginnings and his touching role in Millennium, among others. This filmed One man show gives him the opportunity to show us the scope of his titanesque talent. His subject: John Barrymore, from a family dynasty (his parents, his brother Lionel and his sister Ethel) that marked the classical theatre and cinema of the late 19th century through to today, with grand-daughter Drew. Plummer takes us along the route this person who tasted inaccessible glories and a proportionate decline. This is theatre on film. Definitely not for everyone. Excellent on the other hand, for those who have some knowledge of classical Shakespearian theatre and the golden age of American cinema.

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