Critic Reviews

Filmmaker Barry Hershey's impressionistic documentary about the casting process is the antidote to years of comic "audition montages," those guaranteed laugh-getting freak-show parades of no-talents mangling monologues and pulling nutty stunts in hopes of standing out from the crowd.

Film's warm disposition and deliberate lack of razzmatazz will hook discerning, mature viewers.

A solid documentary about how art is made.

A nicely contemplative documentary about actors and their ambivalent relationship with that intimidating space.

A fascinating and surprisingly involving film.

Voyeurism is central to the cinema and to acting, of course, and you'd better believe these women know it. Still, Casting About feels oddly disingenuous.