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Desert Wind
  • Release Date: Feb 15, 2006
Metascore
46 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 6 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
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  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    75
    Desert Wind will be of interest to men - and especially to women, who might learn much they didn't know about the opposite sex.
  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Frank Scheck
    50
    While the experience may have been highly rewarding for its participants, viewers may be less than enthralled.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Lawrence Van Gelder
    50
    Though it generates its share of unintentional giggles, Desert Wind does manage to take us to a seldom-visited place: the hidden corners of the straight male mind.
  4. Variety
    Reviewed by: Ronnie Scheib
    50
    Far from encouraging "Survivor"-style competitiveness, the desert setting serves as a serene Club Med-type backdrop to the all-male bonding.
  5. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Noel Murray
    42
    The problem with Desert Wind is that Kohler takes everything at face value. Wouldn't it have been more useful to make this trip the centerpiece of a longer documentary that follows the men before Tunisia and, more importantly, after?
  6. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Joshua Land
    40
    Nicely rendered moments of casual intimacy between the men attest to the trip's therapeutic value, but very little of it transfers to the audience. The dull large-group scenes consist mostly of old standbys like writing problems on slips of paper and burning them.
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