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- 2004
- PG-13
- Cinemax
- 1 h 36 m
- 2004
- PG-13
- Cinemax
- 1 h 36 m
Summary What starts as a mother-daughter documentary turns into a film about beauty and aging, passion and creativity, seeing and being seen -- a coming of middle age comedy. (Sister Films)
Directed By: Tony Shalhoub
Written By: Lynne Adams
- 2004
- PG-13
- Cinemax
- 1 h 36 m
- 2004
- PG-13
- Cinemax
- 1 h 36 m
Made-Up
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5.7
Summary What starts as a mother-daughter documentary turns into a film about beauty and aging, passion and creativity, seeing and being seen -- a coming of middle age comedy. (Sister Films)
Directed By: Tony Shalhoub
Written By: Lynne Adams
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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36% Positive
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
52
36% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
55% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
9% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Pointed and hilarious.
Its warm, occasionally off-putting individuality is more like what you look for in a friend than in a movie, and like a friend it invites you to see the unique beauty that lies under its superficial flaws.
It wants, as Kate says about her documentary, to be a "seminal work on beauty and aging." But it wears like a gauzy romantic comedy.
Like picking out a family at random and walking into their house during dinnertime.
Sure, their conversations are fascinating to them. But to you, it's just boring, meaningless chatter.
With Made-Up, the sisters Adams and Shalhoub (who is married to Brooke) have taken a playfully irreverent approach to middle-age rites of passage that comes with many opportunities for the performers to self-consciously "act."
Voice-overs and commentaries are piled on top of contrived intimate moments until, despite some easygoing performances, the movie -- the actual movie -- is a blur of undercooked motivations and halfhearted improv.
Tries to be many things -- romantic comedy, mockumentary, a satire on beauty and aging -- but ends up succeeding at none.
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Based on 7 User Ratings
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User Score
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Based on 7 User Ratings
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57% Positive
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Production Company
Sister Films LLC
Release Date Jan 23, 2004
Duration 1 h 36 m
Rating PG-13
Tagline A coming of (middle) age comedy.
Website
http://www.sisterfilms.com/
Awards
Northampton Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
SXSW Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
