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Baghead
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Generally favorable reviews
Based on 23 critic reviews
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Based on 2 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Drama | Suspense/Thriller
Written by:
Jay Duplass
Mark Duplass
Directed by:
Jay Duplass
Mark Duplass
Release Date:
Theatrical: July 25, 2008
Running Time: 84 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: R for language, some sexual content and nudity
Starring Ross Partridge, Steve Zissis, Greta Gerwig, Elise Muller, Jett Garner, and Anthony Cristo
While the Duplass Brothers were shooting their last feature film The Puffy Chair, a crew member raised the question “what’s the scariest thing you can think of?” Someone immediately said “a guy with a bag on his head staring into your window.” Some agreed, but some thought it was downright ridiculous and, if anything, funny (but definitely not scary). Thus, BAGHEAD was born, an attempt to take the absurdly low-concept idea of a “guy with a bag on his head” and make a funny, truthful, endearing film that, maybe, just maybe, was a little bit scary, too. (Sony Pictures Classics)
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Portland Oregonian Shawn Levy
Baghead has a nearly documentary quality that infuses it with a sense of heightened stakes and real peril. In a characteristically offhanded way, it's cunningly skillful.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Scott Tobias
Much of the fun of Baghead is that it's unclassifiable, by turns a movie-movie lark, an Eric Rohmer-like relationship comedy, and a surprisingly effective "Friday The 13th" kids-in-the-woods slasher film.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Staff (Not credited)
A raw, wickedly clever comedy that also includes moments of genuine terror.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten
Kind of funny and kind of scary, Baghead's central horror motif is merely a structure on which to hang its four-character story about the depth of relationships and the drive to find meaningful work.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Ty Burr
The movie's cheap, it's clever - it's even a little scary in places.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker
More clever than smart and isn't always emotionally convincing, but the cast brings a palpable, persuasive awkwardness to the social tensions of this not-so-romantic getaway, and there's a sly wit to the way the filmmakers mix and match and upend genres.
Read Full Review >The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Jennie Punter
A late summer treat. And in case you are wondering, yes, there is mumbling.
Read Full Review >Miami Herald Rene Rodriguez
Baghead will disappoint gore hounds or anyone looking for an extreme horror experience -- this is more of a comedy-drama than anything else.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Michael Ordona
The filmmakers maintain a delicate balance that generates tension on multiple levels, including sexual. They giddily mix genres, but Baghead, part meta-cinematic comedy, part relationship drama and part horror movie, remains rooted in reality.
Read Full Review >Slate Dana Stevens
They've made a movie about trickery that neatly tricks its viewers into laughing, then screaming, then laughing again.
Read Full Review >Variety Peter Debruge
Though its scares are scarce, Baghead provides what nine out of 10 dead-teenagers movies lack: specifically, a realistic sense of character that gives moviegoers a reason to identify with the would-be victims.
Read Full Review >New York Magazine David Edelstein
Too bad the movies collapses at the end when we find out what's really going on. Baghead is so much more vivid when it's indefinite.
Read Full Review >Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern
A very short and cheerfully scruffy comedy-thriller.
Read Full Review >NPR Bob Mondello
Spectacularly self-absorbed protagonists step on each other, jockeying first for position, and ultimately for survival.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
Anybody who missed 2006's excellent indie "The Puffy Chair" has another chance to discover the off-kilter world of the Duplass brothers.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Ann Hornaday
Baghead provides a diverting showcase for actors you may never have heard of but who deserve a shot at fame and fortune.
Read Full Review >ReelViews James Berardinelli
The acting is a big part of Baghead's problem. Three of the four protagonists are played by performers who do little to distinguish themselves.
Read Full Review >New York Post Lou Lumenick
The actors are engaging enough that you only occasionally remember that there really isn't much going on. Then, unfortunately for the audience, something does actually happen.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Stephen Holden
The semi-improvised performances, which seem so natural that it is tempting to confuse the actors with their characters, bring Baghead into the realm of group therapy observed through one-way glass.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
If you walk out after 10 or 15 minutes, you will have seen the best parts of the film.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 4.5 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Jim G. gave it a4:
Smug pretense about smug pretense is a whole bunch o' nothin.
Jay H. gave it a5:
Good effort, but overall it just didn't work for me. The cast does a good job, and the low budget doesn't hinder the film, I just never found it engrossing.
