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Kabluey
Regent Releasing

Kabluey reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 62 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
8.6 out of 10
based on 11 reviews
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MPAA RATING: PG-13 for some sexual material including a crude reference, and brief strong language

Starring Lisa Kudrow, Christine Taylor, Teri Garr, Conchata Ferrell, Chris Parnell, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Inept Salman comes to help his sister-in-law tend to her homicidal toddlers while Salman's brother is off fighting in Iraq. Salman must take a humiliating job as a giant blue corporate mascot to help make ends meet and hold the family together. Packed with a parade of delightful comedy character actors, Kabluey is a hilarious, unique, and heartfelt comedy. (Regent Releasing)


GENRE(S): Comedy  
WRITTEN BY: Scott Prendergast  
DIRECTED BY: Scott Prendergast  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: September 16, 2008 
Theatrical: July 4, 2008 
RUNNING TIME: 86 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: USA 

What The Critics Said

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80
The New York Times Stephen Holden
The film's distance from factual reality oddly enhances its bleak underlying vision. It portrays a demoralized American work force fearfully going through the motions of life while waiting without much hope for things to get better.
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75
TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
Groundlings alumnus Prendergast's dark comedy, drawn from on his own family experiences, is firmly rooted in messy, selfish, often-unappealing human behavior rather than self-referential irony and juvenile goofiness.
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75
San Francisco Chronicle Walter Addiego
Eventually comes into its own as a wacky commentary on the state of America in the fifth year of the Iraq war.
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75
Portland Oregonian Marc Mohan
A mordant, almost-too-dark comedy, but a comedy nonetheless.
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75
The Onion (A.V. Club) Nathan Rabin
While the film's social-satire elements are flat and overly familiar, its dry absurdity is unmistakably Lynchian.
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70
Village Voice Jim Ridley
Catches the nation's mood of economic anxiety and workplace exploitation more pungently than anything else in theaters.
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70
The Hollywood Reporter Stephen Farber
The film is an ambitious mix of slapstick, black comedy and stinging social commentary.
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63
New York Post Lou Lumenick
Strange and quirky.
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50
Variety Dennis Harvey
Kabluey is short on the cutes and ca-ca jokes. But it's also short on substance, despite a watchable supporting cast and an amiable overall tenor.
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50
Los Angeles Times Robert Abele
A dark piece of whimsy that enchants and befuddles in equal measure.
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30
Austin Chronicle Josh Rosenblatt
Quirky and undisturbed, unaffected and unaffecting.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 8.6 (out of 10) based on 5 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Jay H. gave it a7:
A bit too quirky, especially the first half. Scott Prendergast is terrific, but it's Conchata Ferrell that steals the show. Stylishly directed, well written.

Charles P. gave it an8:
Very funy - will no doubt develop a cult following on dvd. Lisa Kudrow and Conchata Ferrell are both excellent! Quirky, charming and sincere film!

Mark C. gave it a9:
Prendergast's triumph in KABLUEY is that his chief character, Salman, yet another young lost soul (i.e., slacker, boy-in-man's-clothing, etc.) is 1. clearly aware that he's lost, 2. clearly knows the difference between social rights and social wrongs, and 3. when push comes to shove, is capable of acting to defend those whose moral compass is not as strong as his. That's Prendergast the screenwriter. Prendergast the director has an incredible eye for visual images that convey and amplify Salman's condition in a very absurdist -- and funny -- manner. I'm reminded of the early work of Buster Keaton, where absurdity and Keaton's world-weary look managed to connect inner pain to laugh-out-loud crazy situations. This is a BIG small film.

Sue B. gave it a10:
Great movie, not to be missed! One of my favorites of all time!

Charlie B gave it a9:
I saw this film at the Waterfront Film Festival, and I can say that I can't remember the last movie that made me laugh so hard.

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