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7.2 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings

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  1. ChadS.
    Feb 8, 2008
    7
    In the absence of a father, Liz Earl(Diane Lane) finds a father figure for her son Finn(Anton Yelchin); a man with no balls, literally; the masseuse's benefactor has no balls. While dad studies the Ishkanani tribe in South America, Finn conducts his own field study of a different sort of "Fierce People", upper-crust people, who kill and f*** in the deepest recesses of New Jersey. Ogden C. Osbourne(Donald Sutherland) has no testicles, but if you're the seventh richest man in the United States, you don't need balls in your sac to f*** over a tandem of interlopers whose summer-long hobnobbing with the rich almost gets them killed. Unlike "The Nanny Diaries", "Fierce People" uses anthropology as a visual and thematic motif throughout the film's entire running time, and its surprisingly effective, especially when the story grows unexpectedly dark in tone. If you're familiar with non-westernized cultures, Ogden's dumbstick and scrotum that signifies nothing is a matriarchal reversal of the female genitalia mutilation practice that primitive males force upon their women in the bush(Ogden's ex-wife had given the okay to snip-snip). Interestingly, Ogden's sexual agency is transferred to his granddaughter Maya(Kristen Stewart), who seduces Finn in a rites-of-passage ceremony that involves candles and warpaint. A secondary male puts a stop to their formalized consummation, because had Finn impregnated Maya, it would've been harder for the tribe to eject this low woman and her unworthy son from their midst.… Expand
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  2. KevinJ.
    Sep 14, 2007
    8
    Donald Sutherland is so perfect for this role...he embodies every fantasy of wealth gone wild. he makes the movie, with Diane Lane.
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Metascore
54 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 15 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 15
  3. Negative: 1 out of 15
  1. ReelViews
    Reviewed by: James Berardinelli
    75
    The film is worthwhile primarily for the fun, breezy first hour. After that, it's a case of watching to find out how things turn out.
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  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Ronnie Scheib
    70
    Whenever Sutherland comes on scene, any inadequacies in the film's depiction of the well-to-do become irrelevant.
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  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Scott Foundas
    70
    Whereas most of the injustices suffered by "Nanny's" nanny are of the skin-deep variety, the hopelessly reductive Fierce People ups the ante.
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