X
- 2002
- R
- Modernica Pictures
- 1 h 30 m
- 2002
- R
- Modernica Pictures
- 1 h 30 m
Summary Follows the escalation of hostilities between an action doll collectibles salesman and his forklift-driving wife.
Directed By: Frank Novak
Written By: Frank Novak
- 2002
- R
- Modernica Pictures
- 1 h 30 m
- 2002
- R
- Modernica Pictures
- 1 h 30 m
Better Housekeeping
53
User Score
Available after 4 ratings
tbd
Summary Follows the escalation of hostilities between an action doll collectibles salesman and his forklift-driving wife.
Directed By: Frank Novak
Written By: Frank Novak
Top Cast
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
53
33% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
50% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
17% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
53
33% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
50% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
17% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
A triumph of indie casting of unknowns, Good Housekeeping is knee-deep in delicious thesping.
Plunges far beneath Todd Solondz's territory and enters the suburbs of John Waters' universe in its fascination for people who live without benefit of education, taste, standards, hygiene and shame. I
As broad and cartoonish as the screenplay is, there is an accuracy of observation in the work of the director, Frank Novak, that keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism.
There are flashes of honest insight lurking under the film's rough, uneven surface.
You don't see such feisty acting very often.
Though the performances are uniformly good -- Adams is a standout -- the movie plays like one long, meandering sketch inspired by the works of John Waters and Todd Solondz, rather than a fully developed story.
Too stupid to be satire, too obviously hateful to be classified otherwise, Frank Novak's irritating slice of lumpen life is as reliably soul-killing as its title is nearly meaningless. ("Good Housekeeping" magazine's legal muscle forced a last-minute change.)
User Reviews
There are no user reviews yet. Be the first to add a review.
