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Fix

EMAILPRINTMangusta Productions

Fix reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Drama

Written by: Tao Ruspoli
Jeremy Fels

Directed by: Tao Ruspoli

Release Date:
Theatrical: November 20, 2009

Running Time: 93 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: Not Rated

Starring Shawn Andrew, Olivia Wilde, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Tao Ruspoli, Dedee Pfeiffer, Rodney Eastman, Ian Duncan, and Jakob von Eichel

Racing across Los Angeles in one, unwieldy day, documentary filmmakers Bella and Milo must race from Beverly Hills to Watts — and places in between — in order to get Milo’s brother Leo from jail to rehab before 8pm, or Leo goes to prison for three years. A story inspired by true events, the trio documents their trip from a suburban police station in Calabasas through mansions in Beverly Hills, East LA chopshops, rural wastelands, and housing projects in Watts as they attempt to raise the $5,000 required to get Leo into the rehab clinic. Along the way they encounter dozens of colorful characters, each with their own anomalous perspective on Leo’s larger-than-life personality and style, and each with their own excuse for why they cannot help out. In the end, it may take the desperate irony of a drug deal to get the necessary funds to send Leo to rehab. (Mangusta Productions)

What The Critics Said

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50

Variety Dennis Harvey

The diversity of visual tactics, characters, settings and incidents keep this shaggy-dog tale consistently diverting.

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The New York Times Jeannette Catsoulis

Propelled by an eccentric cast of characters and increasingly seamy locations, Fix dashes headlong through Los Angeles with a little charm and a lot of verve.

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30

The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck

The sole redeeming factor is the presence of Olivia Wilde (Fox's "House"), who manages to keep the proceedings watchable for at least a portion of the running time.

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30

LA Weekly David Chute

The slathered-on visual textures aren’t quite enough, however, to distract us from the glib, leftie posturing, the lazy writing and the drug-deep existential platitudes.

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25

New York Post Kyle Smith

Aheroin-stuffed hipster buys a dog, eats Vietnamese food and sells drugs to pay for rehab in Fix, the latest piece of cine-junk stamped out by the indie fakedocumentary factory.

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20

Time Out New York S. James Snyder

Never mind the unreliable Angeleno characters; it’s the director-actor who’s the flakiest, as he’s unable to decide if Fix is a real-time saga of a rebel, a loser or a victim. How many face-lifts can you give a single film?

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What Our Users Said

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