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71 out of 100

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6.0 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 17 Ratings

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  • Starring: Lili Taylor, Marisa Tomei, Matt Dillon
  • Summary: Based on the novel by Charles Bukowski, Factotum is the story of a man living on the edge; a writer who risks everything, tries anything, and finds poetry in life's pleasure and pain. (IFC Films)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 25
  3. Negative: 0 out of 25
  1. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: Peter Rainer
    91
    Factotum is so sly and low-key hilarious that anybody can be in on the joke.
  2. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marc Savlov
    89
    Factotum, for all its grim grind, is funny-serious, and smart-stupid. Just like you after four beers, and me after eight.
  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Leslie Felperin
    60
    Arguably one of the best adaptations of Bukowski's work, even compared with Bukowski's own script for 1997's "Barfly," deadpan timing and ace perfs bring out the morose humor and surprising warmth in the often miserabilist scribe's voice.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 12
  3. Negative: 4 out of 12
  1. AlexanderC.
    10
    Another cult classic to add to the long list of cult classics from Matt Dillon, undoubtedlly the only icon of his generation and one of the best actors today. The film is ironic, cinic and crude and yet also beautiful, human and funny, simple and complex at the same time. True to Bukowsky's soul and one of the best films of the yaer. A little jewel.… Expand
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  2. ThomasM.
    5
    The acting is all top-notch, but this is a film that goes absolutely nowhere. Maybe that's the point, but if we are to be expected to remain awake throughout the films 94 minutes, some further revelations about this character might be in order. After 10 minutes, I knew everything about him that I was going to know. The rest was simply wallowing in the fetid path of this nearly moribund character.… Expand
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  3. JacobsenT
    2
    Awful Awful Awful movie. Don't pay money to see this, or even rent it. It is in no way inspirational like so many people are saying, it has no plot, and it is not funny at all. Nothing happens, and nothing is done in the film to make the nothingness unique.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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