Flannel Pajamas
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Metascore
49 out of 100

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6.0 out of 10

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  • Summary: Fearlessly following one couple's descent from the giddy high of new love into the inevitable mire of everyday routine, Flannel Pajamas is that rare film that dares to feature characters as endearing and messy as those that inhabit our real lives. (Gigantic Pictures)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 19
  3. Negative: 5 out of 19
  1. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Andrew O'Hehir
    90
    So truly and exceptionally fine, a spiny and dispassionate little masterpiece of a marriage movie.
  2. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    75
    Curiously, the film seems to have no discernible point, and yet -- this is practically unique -- the absence of a point becomes, in itself, a form of narrative interest.
  3. Portland Oregonian
    Reviewed by: Marc Mohan
    58
    You never really end up rooting for their happiness, as a couple or individually, so emotionally there's not much at stake.
  4. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    38
    Ever been on a blind date that you knew would be dismal from the start? Well, this is the movie version of that date, stretched out over the slowest two hours imaginable.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 3 out of 5
  1. JerryM.
    10
    "One of the wisest films I can remember about love and human intimacy. I will not forget it." Roger Ebert That about says it all.
  2. GregoryM.
    2
    This movie is a DOWNER. The charachters are boring, sad, fickle people, and the filim never offers any real insights into their relationship. This is a cold movie and it will leave you dissatisfied, in a bad mood, and $10 worse for the wear.… Expand
  3. EvieB.
    2
    Wow, this movie was really boring. And it irritated me that the seasons never changed. When they went to Montana for Christmas, the leaves were just turning. When they got married in June, the leves were just turning. Bad art direction.… Expand
  4. drewH.
    1
    This is going on the very bottom shelf. If you believe the failures of marriage are best expressed in a masochistic, tedious two hours full of unbelievably self-involved individuals who lack the humor and self-awareness to be relatable, then this is the torture rod for you. Maybe stereotypical "Neurotic New Yorkers" (as in the roughly two percent of the city that actually lives in posh 36 floor Tribeca flats) feels this way about marriage but that species is by all accounts, insane. That and the dialog is incredulous and the acting doesn't get around it. So many loose ends are never developed... like did the mother have Alzheimer's or what? This movie needs to be beaten with a humor stick and so does the scriptwriter's face. Mercilessly.… Expand

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