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81 out of 100

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User Score
6.7 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 27 Ratings

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  • Starring: Jane Adams, Jon Lovitz, Philip Seymour Hoffman
  • Summary: A series of intertwining love stories, stories of connections missed and made between people, how people always struggle to make a connection, and to what degree they succeed or don't. (Good Machine Releasing)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 30
  3. Negative: 0 out of 30
  1. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Dave Kehr
    100
    Masterful.
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  2. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    100
    It is not a film for most people. It is certainly for adults only. But it shows Todd Solondz as a filmmaker who deserves attention, who hears the unhappiness in the air and seeks its sources.
  3. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Rosenbaum
    60
    Everyone who likes this movie calls it "disturbing," but what disturbs me most is the self-loathing laughter it provokes, similar to what one often hears at Woody Allen and Michael Moore comedies.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 18
  3. Negative: 5 out of 18
  1. JoshC
    10
    Masterfull! Todd Solondz for president.
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. SteveM.
    4
    I had this built up by countless friends. It was so incredibly drawn out. The only story that kept my interest was the psychiatrist. Rarely made me laugh; more often made me sleepy. BIG let down.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. Duffio
    0
    Supposedly absurdist and very clever, but to me just seemed a monotonous, overly-lengthy, sordid mess with pointlessly dysfunctional 2D characters. Wantonly repulsive and depressing: a black comedy without the comedy. Abysmal.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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