Veteran Producer Stacey Sher Defends Chris Pine’s Maligned ‘Poolman,’ Gushes Over ‘Staggeringly Good’ Hugh Grant in ‘Heretic’ and Zoë Kravitz’s ‘Bold and Ballsy’ Directorial Debut

Haters gonna hate, hate, hate, but she’s just gonna shake it off: Veteran producer Stacey Sher still has love for critically-maligned “Poolman” directed by Chris Pine

“It’s a gorgeous film. Chris made the movie he set out to make. He believed in it and I believed in Chris. I still do. He’s a really gifted filmmaker.” 

Following its Toronto premiere, Pine’s film became one of the worst-reviewed titles last year, with Variety’s Owen Gleiberman calling it “not only the worst film I saw during the fall festival season but would likely be one of the worst films in any year it came out.” 

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