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  • 2009
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 20 m
  • 2009
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 20 m

Summary Based on the book by David Foster Wallace, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men is a darkly funny and disturbing exploration of men and their complex relationships with women. A graduate student endeavors to explore the male psyche for her thesis by interviewing a cross-section of men. The men’s twisted and revealing stories are juxtapose...

Directed By: John Krasinski

Written By: David Foster Wallace, John Krasinski

  • 2009
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 20 m
  • 2009
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 20 m

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 16 Critic Reviews
44
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
6.6
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Summary Based on the book by David Foster Wallace, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men is a darkly funny and disturbing exploration of men and their complex relationships with women. A graduate student endeavors to explore the male psyche for her thesis by interviewing a cross-section of men. The men’s twisted and revealing stories are juxtapose...

Directed By: John Krasinski

Written By: David Foster Wallace, John Krasinski

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 16 Critic Reviews
44
25% Positive
4 Reviews
69% Mixed
11 Reviews
6% Negative
1 Review

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 16 Critic Reviews
44
25% Positive
4 Reviews
69% Mixed
11 Reviews
6% Negative
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70
One hell of a date movie. A surgical examination of the male psyche based on David Foster Wallace's book and written and directed by John Krasinski, there is plenty of food for thought and argument.
By James Greenberg FULL REVIEW
63
An insightful, sharply written and unsettlingly amusing exploration of the darker elements of masculinity.
By Claudia Puig FULL REVIEW
50
What this arid and arty exercise offers is the opportunity for a bunch of actors, many of them tethered to TV series, to deliver theatrical monologues pulsing with misogyny and narcissism. It's like second-rate Neil Labute.
By Steven Rea FULL REVIEW
50
A blast from the 1980s, when the idea that men were essentially rapists and women rapees was a popular way to score chicks on campus.
By Kyle Smith FULL REVIEW
40
They’re not all hideous, the men who sit for interviews with a graduate student (Nicholson) and unload their dirty laundry. Sometimes they’re just feckless, or crass; some are even pitiable.
By Kimberley Jones FULL REVIEW
40
The question is, could someone turn these full-frontal-dudity snapshots into a satisfying, cohesive movie? Answer: no, but not for lack of trying.
By David Fear FULL REVIEW
20
As a film, Brief Interviews With Hideous Men is a disaster.
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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
6.6
57% Positive
4 Ratings
29% Mixed
2 Ratings
14% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
6.6
57% Positive
4 Ratings
29% Mixed
2 Ratings
14% Negative
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Production Company SALTY Features, Woodshed Entertainment
Release Date Sep 25, 2009
Duration 1 h 20 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Tagline Don't say you weren't warned... listen in.
Website http://www.briefinterviewsmovie.com/
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Awards

Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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