“Mickey One is (Arthur) Penn's most overtly metaphysical work. In this Kafka-esque vision of a night-club comedian (Warren Beatty) pursued by an unknown mob for an unknown crime, Penn further explores his fascination with the social outcast who wants back in. Anonymity, lack of identity, is - in the case of a public performer - the worst kind of exclusion. Only death - and that death from an unknown force - is more to be feared.... Beatty's performance excellently captures the sense of impulsive gesturing so necessary to the self-conscious neurotic type....” --Eric Sherman, Audio Brandon