Robert Pattinson is "perfectly cast", gives his "best performance", and is "as crisp as the white shirt" he wears in LIFE

Robert Pattinson is "perfectly cast", gives his "best performance", and is "as crisp as the white shirt" he wears in LIFE

UPDATE2: 2 reviews added!
UPDATE: 3 reviews added! Rob's work called terrific, edgy, understated, charismatic and more!

I've really enjoyed Rob's reviews out of Berlinale. Click HERE if you missed the initial reviews for Queen of the Desert. The films have received mixed reviews but Rob's performances have been mainly on mainly positive side. Critics just don't disrespect his work like they used to and that's certainly pleasant to read. 
Here are the highlighted excerpts for Life, which you know is a leading role for our guy. :)



UPDATE

Telegraph:
Dane DeHaan and Robert Pattinson shine in Anton Corbijn's low-key portrait of James Dean...But Stock, too, who has an ex-wife and young son he barely sees, is playing the angles, sniffing out a meal ticket. The underrated Pattinson is playing a cold fish here, and does a credible job getting inside Dennis’s aura of shifty desperation: he pesters Dean, pursues him to New York, hangs around his grimy apartment building. The star is half-alarmed, half-amused, and can’t decide if he needs this vulture buzzing around him or not...There are photographers whose camera is like an extra limb, but he’s not one of them. Every time Pattinson reaches for his, he seems sneaky about it, as if he’s stealing something, aware that the authenticity of the moment is under threat.
Observer:
Anton Corbijn’s Life stars Pattinson in an admirably low-key role as mid-century photographer Dennis Stock and his frustrated attempts to land a Life magazine photo spread with laconic and wary up-and-comer James Dean (Dane DeHaan, doing disaffection with a surprisingly convincing pout). The slow-burn film is an absorbing study of how arresting, emotionally potent circumstances become iconic imagery. 
HeyUGuys:
Considering we’re living vicariously through Robert Pattinson’s Dennis Stock in Anton Corbijn’s ambitious biographical drama Life, we rely on our protagonist earning the trust of Hollywood icon and star James Dean, to be granted the fortune of getting beneath the surface of his subject, to allow the audience to do so themselves. What transpires is an absorbing insight into the life of one of the industry’s mot renowned, and elusive stars....Given the undeniable charm and charisma of Pattinson, there was always the fear that he would steal the show from his counterpart, and be perceived as the star. However such is his understated, subtle turn, it allows DeHaan to take on that very role, which, given he’s playing James Dean, simply has to be the case.
Cine-Vue:
DeHaan and Pattinson are also both terrific, at once elegant and charismatic, yet equally uncomfortable in the skins they inhabit. Dean's ability to mirror the dilemmas of a disenfranchised generation of youngster made him a star and whilst DeHaan's performance is a little over-exaggerated, he still manages to capture that sense of relatable despondency. This also affords Pattinson time out of the spotlight in one of his strongest roles to date.
London Evening Standard:
Pattinson as the restlessly ambitious Stock is more edgy (you can’t help wishing he had been cast as Dean instead)
Boston Herald:
How honest, personal and affecting is LIFE.... Robert Pattinson is perfectly cast as Stock, a man adrift with an ex-wife from a teenage marriage and guilt filled about the young son he never sees.
Canvas:
The main things you'll remember are Pattinson's best performance and the finest projectile vomit scene you’ve ever seen.
Variety:
Robert Pattinson in a sly turn as Dennis Stock...It’s the peculiarly moving, even subtly queer friendship between the two men that distinguishes “Life” from standard inside-Hollywood fare, while gorgeous production values and ace star turns make it a thoroughly marketable arthouse prospect...DeHaan and Pattinson enact this anti-romance beautifully, each man quizzically eyeing the other for leads and clues, while coyly retreating from scrutiny. Pattinson, adding to his post-“Twilight” gallery of sharp-cut screw-ups, brings intriguing layers of childish dysfunction to a character who is only ostensibly the straight man in the partnership.
Gone With The Movies:
For Robert Pattinson, his take on iconic photographer Dennis Stock is equally as impressive as he enters the world of Hollywood from the other side of the carpet (and at bottom). Spotting Dean's talent early, Stock, in the two-hour running time attempts to get photographs of Dean before fame kicks in. Deadlines, pressure and awkwardness soon mount-up, and Pattinson expertly presents it onto screen.
Little White Lies:
Robert Pattinson impresses in this stylish drama about the relationship between celebrity and the media. An intense mob formed around the Berlinale press screening of Anton Corbijn's Life — such is the continued allure of Robert Pattinson. His fans beyond the festival will be pleased to hear that his brittle performance as LIFE magazine photographer, Dennis Stock, outshines Dane DeHaan's over-baked rendering of James Dean, although the latter is poignant enough to enliven this tale of men helping each other to take a leap into greatness...Pattinson's performance is as crisp as the white shirt and black suits his character always wears. This is a camouflage for his own problems that slowly unfurl, adding colour and improving the film...The social backdrop is just as carefully wrought. In another film, Ben Kingsley's fuming studio head, Jack Warner, would be The Other Man to Jimmy Dean and the tussle would be Saving Mr Banks flavour. Instead, Kingsley ball-busts just enough to give Jimmy's non-conformity gravitas, but the viewfinder is trained on the man behind the camera. Pattinson steps up, allowing more of his character's insides to come out. As Life proceeds the pace picks up and by the third act, it is a compelling dramatisation of an artistically fascinating alliance.
Screen Daily:
The two leads convince as actors; it’s the characters that are more of a problem. DeHaan method acts his way into the persona of a consummate method actor whose cool persona was partly a protective screen; his Dean is very much in the mould of the Dean remembered by his East Of Eden co-star Lois Smith, who once said: “He was a sweet, rustic person, but there was also this suspicious, taut, guarded young man”. Pattinson’s hangdog character is defined by an exchange in which, after Dean tells him he’s disappointed in him, he replies “you’re not the only one”.
The Hollywood Reporter:
While Pattinson has endured a lot of gratuitous bashing post-Twilight, he gives arguably the most fully rounded performance here
The Guardian review is bleh but I did wonder if anyone was going to muse about if Rob was in the role of Dean instead. It was something many of us thought when Rob was first cast and several media outlets during the casting announcement thought so as well.

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Robert Pattinson Reuters VIDEO Interview

Robert Pattinson Reuters VIDEO Interview

Yes you read that right, the interview that we had earlier is now on video.

Enjoy!!

VIDEOS: Robert Pattinson Talks To Sky Cinema At The 'Life' Press Junket

VIDEOS: Robert Pattinson Talks To Sky Cinema At The 'Life' Press Junket

OMG this is hilarious and hot. I can't stop replaying it.



They also have a snippet where they spoke to Rob about Life. Unfortunately it's dubbed.  Starts around 1:10 mark





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Thanks Nancy

NEW Robert Pattinson Junket Pic & Short Interview With BILD

NEW Robert Pattinson Junket Pic & Short Interview With BILD

OH HOT DAMN

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From BILD (Translated by Olive in our comments)
"Now don't forget to breathe!

Thousands of girls screaming for Him outside the Berlinale Palast. And BILD sitting inside - very close to Robert Pattinson (28).

During his Berlin trip, the Hollywood star took time for an interview. He was tired, betrayed by the rings under his eyes - his busy schedule left him barely a breather. With coffee and chewing gum he kept himself awake.

He has grown a beard (looking good with it!), His hair tousled, he wears sneakers, T-shirt, open shirt: Mr. Sexy down to earth!

BILD-question about his new film "Life" (opening on October 1st), in which he plays the photographer of iconic star James Dean († 24). Whether the role has changed his relationship with photographers? "Today, people only want to see a star in lousy light. At the time it was different, " Pattinson says.

This is the keyword! Fancy a snapshot? "Yes," grins the vampire from the "Twilight" movies and snaps with the phone. At the sight of our Selfies he himself is astonished: "I still have to get used to my blond beard!"

No wonder: For his role as photographer Dennis Stock, he was completely shaved, the hair nicely parted."

Thanks Nancy for the heads up

NEW PIC: Robert Pattinson Heating Up The 'Life' Afterparty In Berlin

NEW PIC: Robert Pattinson Heating Up The 'Life' Afterparty In Berlin

Looks like Rob changed out of his suit for the Life Afterparty.  Casual and sexy, I like it!

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VIDEO: Robert Pattinson Talks About Dennis Stock, His Career & More In A NEW Interview With Einsplus

VIDEO: Robert Pattinson Talks About Dennis Stock, His Career & More In A NEW Interview With Einsplus

Ooooh 6 mins of Rob, just what I need!


Thanks Bru!

NEW Interview: Robert Pattinson Talks New Projects, Fifty Shades Of Grey & More

NEW Interview: Robert Pattinson Talks New Projects, Fifty Shades Of Grey & More

This is a great interview with Rob(& no translating required!) He talks about future projects (Brimstone), mentions Fifty shades of Grey and beng more productive. Grab a cuppa and have a read!

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Robert Pattinson, who is at the Berlin film festival with Anton Corbijn’s ‘Life’ explains why he can’t sit through premiere screenings and talks about his past, his future and his connection to ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’

BERLIN, GERMANY (FEBRUARY 9, 2015) (REUTERS) – It was the morning after the night before for British actor Robert Pattinson as he attended a press junket on Tuesday (February 10) after he launched his new movie, Anton Corbijn’s ‘Life’ at the Berlin film festival.

However, unlike the other people on the red carpet, Pattinson didn’t sit through the screening of the film.

“I actually didn’t watch it last night,” he admitted.

“Because after Cannes I literally I got so…I feel like I lost a few years of my life watching a screening, just sitting there with your heart just wrenching inside your chest. I just can’t do it anymore so I’m going to watch it like, probably tomorrow. So yeah, I don’t know what the reaction is. I’m just kind of, in a trance the entire time, but yeah, it seemed like people appreciated it. There was a nice applause and stuff.”

Pattinson first came to public attention playing the ill-fated Cedric Diggory in ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire’ in 2005. However, it was in 2008 that he exploded on the scene playing Edward Cullen in ‘Twilight’.

Asked whether he had any idea what the reality of fame was going to be like before ‘Twilight’, he replied:

“I don’t know what I thought it was going to be. I mean, it’s weird, I still feel like I’m doing the same stuff. I mean, I guess up until ‘Twilight’ I was really just auditioning for absolutely everything and just trying to get anything so I guess that’s a sort of different career but I mean, afterwards it’s so rare that I find anything that not only that I like but that I feel like I can add something to or do at all, so it’s really trying to find anything to do.”

“It always surprises me when a script comes and I’m like, “oh!”. I just signed onto this thing ‘Brimstone’ – it’s just a small part in something but I was so surprised that this part that…Like I really, really had an idea of how to do it and I’m always like ‘Oh, where has this idea come from?’ I’m always surprised that I had any idea at all so yeah, it’s kind of a strange career,” he added.

The next big film after Pattinson’s ‘Life’ at the Berlin film festival will be the world premiere of ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’, starring Jamie Dornan. Strangely, the author of the bestseller is reported to have based the book on the film ‘Twilight’, and therefore cult hero Christian Grey is based on Pattinson’s portrayal of the vampire Edward Cullen.

“It’s kind of weird and also I know Jamie really, I’ve known Jamie for about ten years, as well, so… I mean, I think… I haven’t actually read the book but like, I think it must be very, very different. I don’t see how it can work if it’s not different. It’s amazing, it’s that fan base. She…They’ve…There’s some kind of profound connection that a bunch of people have to it and I’ve never figured out, you know, quite what it is. But you can see this, even at the premiere last night this woman that has been coming for years to premieres and stuff. It’s just very strange,” Pattinson said.

Pattinson has been a regular at European film festivals over the past few years, choosing roles which are far removed from Edward Cullen in ‘Twilight’. However, while the ‘Twilight’ fan base is still there and in Berlin girls camped out from early in the morning of the premiere to try and meet their idol, Pattinson said it has “calmed down”.

“I used to be, I used to just let it really, really get to me and I’ve kind of become a lot more calm recently. Also, I’ve spent more time in London and it’s completely different in London. It’s like, if someone asks for a photo in London and you say ‘no’, it’s not like…. A lot of the time, in L.A. especially, people are like ‘Why?’, you know, like: ‘Really? You want me to explain why? I’ll just do a photo, then.’ In London, people don’t really so it’s kind of different but yeah, it definitely has calmed down,” he said.

Although he didn’t want to comment on where he would be in ten years time, he did admit:

“[I]n the next few years I know just after last year like two of my movies kind of, one fell apart and the other one got pushed to this year and I ended up like, kind of just waiting for a job for ages and I was just like, ‘okay, I need to be, I’m never having a year like that again. I’m going to be a lot more prolific in my productivity rate’. Cause I think it’s suddenly getting up to 30 as well and you’re just like ‘argh! I need to do loads of stuff!’ So I’m definitely going to be much more productive.”

‘Life’ was screening at the Berlin film festival as part of the Berlinale Special selection.

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Thanks Sallyvg & PJ
 
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