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  • 2014
  • TV-14
  • Tribeca Films
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2014
  • TV-14
  • Tribeca Films
  • 1 h 36 m

Summary Maladies charts the struggles of an unstable former soap opera star (James Franco) in 1960’s New York as he tries to restart his floundering creative career. Hoping to find clarity and new purpose as a writer, he holes up with his eccentric sister (Fallon Goodson) at the seaside home of their best friend (Catherine Keener). But as he dis...

Directed By: Carter

Written By: Carter

  • 2014
  • TV-14
  • Tribeca Films
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2014
  • TV-14
  • Tribeca Films
  • 1 h 36 m

Maladies

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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Summary Maladies charts the struggles of an unstable former soap opera star (James Franco) in 1960’s New York as he tries to restart his floundering creative career. Hoping to find clarity and new purpose as a writer, he holes up with his eccentric sister (Fallon Goodson) at the seaside home of their best friend (Catherine Keener). But as he dis...

Directed By: Carter

Written By: Carter

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Generally Unfavorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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58
Mar 20, 2014
All of the actors, including Franco, do excellent work, given the limitations imposed upon them by a scenario that doesn’t make a whole lot of sense. Were he a struggling up-and-comer rather than a movie star, the perception of an ambitious misfire like this one would probably be quite different. It’s not a good movie, but it deserves better than mockery.
By Mike D'Angelo FULL REVIEW
40
Mar 20, 2014
A ponderous, self-important character study swimming with red herrings.
By Chris Klimek FULL REVIEW
40
Jan 21, 2014
This is basically a studied and serious film, but there's a feyness to its tone, and a lethargy to its pacing that make it difficult to warm to, even if the principal actors give it their all.
By Andrew Pulver FULL REVIEW
33
Mar 19, 2014
It only ever connects in the small moments that fall through the cracks of the supposed formal and thematic experimentation—when the fine actors are allowed to walk and talk like real human beings, rather than a collection of tropes.
By Jessica Kiang FULL REVIEW
30
Mar 18, 2014
The social construction of illness is certainly a worthy topic, but Carter situates his characters far from any semblance of a plot and even further from his heart.
By Inkoo Kang FULL REVIEW
20
Jan 21, 2014
There’s scant emotional, aesthetic or intellectual gratification in this grainy, flat-looking portrait of the artist as a young nut job.
By David Rooney FULL REVIEW
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Mar 19, 2014
Overrated, overexposed and overindulgent, James Franco is all over the place, like cow chips in the abandoned pasture of a derelict farm.
By Rex Reed FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Tribeca Films, RabbitBandini Productions, Stardust Pictures, Dot Dot Dot Productions, Most / Rice Films, Most Films, Movie Trailer House
Release Date Mar 21, 2014
Duration 1 h 36 m
Rating TV-14
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Website http://tribecafilm.com/maladies
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