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71 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
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  1. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Phillips
    100
    The self-taught man behind the griddle, his wife, Eve, and their five seen-it-all kids emerge as the ensemble of the year.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    83
    The result is an unabashedly home-cooked homage to New York eccentricity.
  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: James Greenberg
    80
    A rare, hilarious and ultimately touching look at the kind of American iconoclast that barely exists anymore.
  4. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    75
    Anyone who laments the loss of an older, grittier New York ought to adore this affectionate portrait of Greenwich Village restaurant owner Kenny Shopsin.
  5. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    75
    Using a hand-held microphone, Mahurin captures the burly, middle-age, salty-tongued cook philosophizing nonstop as he individually prepares mouth-watering high-cholesterol meals from a 900-item menu over a stove he has put together himself.
  6. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    75
    Shopsin is a small piece of New York history, and Mahurin's film is the portrait he deserves: small, noisy and oddly engaging beneath the bluster.
  7. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Rob Nelson
    70
    A curiously tasty dish, one that could leave even a vegan with a burning desire to sample Shopsin's lamb chops.
  8. Variety
    Reviewed by: David Rooney
    70
    Charming character study.
  9. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Andrea Gronvall
    70
    This quirky 2004 documentary ends with the Shopsins' forced relocation after 32 years, an uprooting made all the more poignant by Eve's death during filming.
  10. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not credited)
    60
    I was desperate to eat at Shopsin's by the end.
  11. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Manohla Dargis
    50
    Mr. Mahurin is obviously enchanted by his subject, but he never gets past his delight to say anything of real, sustaining interest.
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7.3 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. SarahC.
    8
    This film was engaging, hilarious, and very rich (and I am not just talking about the food!). It was a real slice of life in New York, pretty raw and very funny.… Full Review »
  2. MarkT.
    7
    The reviews got it right. It is excellent yet unmemborable and uncomfortably strange. All in all its hard to describe and to get the real first hand experience you have to see it yourself.… Full Review »
  3. AlisonP.
    6
    Disappointing considering some things I heard but still well acted and well directed. Nothing too special.
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