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83Baghead 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.
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83Much 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.
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80Baghead is a kick in the pants.
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A raw, wickedly clever comedy that also includes moments of genuine terror.
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78Kind 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.
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75Baghead will disappoint gore hounds or anyone looking for an extreme horror experience -- this is more of a comedy-drama than anything else.
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75An amusing bauble.
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75The movie's cheap, it's clever - it's even a little scary in places.
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75A late summer treat. And in case you are wondering, yes, there is mumbling.
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75More 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.
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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.
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70They've made a movie about trickery that neatly tricks its viewers into laughing, then screaming, then laughing again.
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70Though 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.
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60Spectacularly self-absorbed protagonists step on each other, jockeying first for position, and ultimately for survival.
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60Anybody who missed 2006's excellent indie "The Puffy Chair" has another chance to discover the off-kilter world of the Duplass brothers.
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60Too 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.
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60A very short and cheerfully scruffy comedy-thriller.
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50The 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.
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50The acting is a big part of Baghead's problem. Three of the four protagonists are played by performers who do little to distinguish themselves.
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50Baghead provides a diverting showcase for actors you may never have heard of but who deserve a shot at fame and fortune.
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40The 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.
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38If you walk out after 10 or 15 minutes, you will have seen the best parts of the film.
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It's an indie about indies--meta, right?
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JimG.4Smug pretense about smug pretense is a whole bunch o' nothin.