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I Love Your Work

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I Love Your Work reviews
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6.8 User Score:

Generally unfavorable reviews

Based on 9 critic reviews
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Based on 5 votes
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Drama

Written by: Adrian Butchart
Adam Goldberg

Directed by: Adam Goldberg

Release Date:
Theatrical: November 4, 2005
DVD: March 28, 2006

Running Time: 107 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: R for language, sexuality, some drug content and violent images

Starring Giovanni Ribisi, Franka Potente, Joshua Jackson, Marisa Coughlan, Christina Ricci, Jared Harris, Elvis Costello, and David Alan Graf

I Love Your Work is a stylish meditation on the many facets of the culture of celebrity. (ThinkFilm)

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...

70

LA Weekly Chuck Wilson

The filmmaking is actually quite polished, and Ribisi is fascinating to watch -- his fluttery weirdness has never seemed more grounded and resonant, turning Gray's self-destructive egoism into near tragedy.

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60

Los Angeles Times Kevin Crust

Has its rewards for those up to the challenge of tackling its nonlinear structure and brooding nature.

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50

Film Threat Andreas Neuenkirchen

When the film goes into its second half, the initial fascination has almost worn off. You still want to see how the puzzle is put together, but you want to see it rather sooner than later.

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50

New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman

Working with a self-consciously urgent, neo-noir style, Goldberg seems intent on expressing a meaningful message of some kind. It's too bad, then, that he has chosen such a shallow subject.

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40

The New York Times Manohla Dargis

Directed by the young actor Adam Goldberg, best known for playing the Jewish soldier who falls to a Nazi knife in "Saving Private Ryan," I Love Your Work is an attempt to say something interesting about modern celebrity.

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30

The Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt

Has little to say to moviegoers. Goldberg's direction is all flash and no substance, and his story and characters offer little reason for viewers to empathize with such self-pitying characters.

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30

Variety Todd McCarthy

Wallow in Hollywood hipster self-absorption.

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30

Village Voice Michael Atkinson

Despite this ripe framework and the talent on deck, ILYW is not a satire...Rather, it becomes a cold-serious, dead-air brood about how tough, lonely, and desolate it is being a celebrity.

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12

New York Post Kyle Smith

Cinema vanité.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 6.8 (out of 10) based on 5 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Gerald N. gave it a2:
A very, very self-indulgent film. It can provoke discussion of the "solve this puzzle" variety. Don't watch it unless you have a high threshold for being annoyed, because much of this movie seems intended to do just that. [***SPOILERS***] The main character, Gray Evans, is a movie wana-be who is probably a video rental clerk in real life. The entire movie is his fantasy-fugue, and every character in it is his creation. One additional scene would clarify this mess: start the movie with Gray (Ribisi) watching a movie alone, and slipping into daydreaming.

Hans B. gave it a4:
You must be very, very intelligent to see and sit through a lot of uninteresting mambo jumbo of a non-existing little celebritiy world, in which selfpity is the main subject.

Nathan P. gave it a10:
I was lucky enough to see I Love Your Work at the Toronto Film Festival and waited endlessly for the picture to be released in theatres. I was thrilled to see that ThinkFilm was finally releasing the film this November. As a student filmmaker, the movie reminded me of why I want to make films. It keeps the audience questioning what is real and what is imagination up until the very end. Also, I felt the acting performances were fantastic, and Rabissi was given his due as a leading actor in a picture. He certainly does not disappoint, and I hope to see him in more leading roles in the future. I am ecstatic that I will be able to see this picture in theatres again unlike so many of the great festival films that are never seen by a large audience.

Movie Critic gave it an8:
Great style, dark humor, and challenging. Intelligent movie lovers will want to watch it again and again. Ribisi's best work and Goldberg reveals himself as a real talent.

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