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- 2013
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- 1 h 42 m
- 2013
- Not Rated
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- 1 h 42 m
Summary On Halloween, a twenty-eight-year-old astronomer who has unexpectedly lost her job prepares to make the first reckless decision of her life.
Directed By: Jeff Lipsky
Written By: Jeff Lipsky
- 2013
- Not Rated
- Adopt Films
- 1 h 42 m
- 2013
- Not Rated
- Adopt Films
- 1 h 42 m
Molly's Theory of Relativity
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Summary On Halloween, a twenty-eight-year-old astronomer who has unexpectedly lost her job prepares to make the first reckless decision of her life.
Directed By: Jeff Lipsky
Written By: Jeff Lipsky
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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14% Positive
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1 Review
43% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
43% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
40
14% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
43% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
43% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Molly’s Theory of Relativity is an intentionally uncomfortable movie to watch. The fifth feature from Jeff Lipsky, this eccentric, often high-pitched family comedy might be described as a surreal, post-Freudian gabfest.
At times, Lipsky's storytelling is too cutely self-aware, trying too hard, making Molly's Theory of Relativity something of an intriguing, if not entirely successful, exoticism.
The characters never sound like they're actually talking to one another, but rather delivering Jeff Lipsky's echo-chamber monologues.
Lipsky is clearly reaching for something grand and cosmic here, but the results are mostly just confounding.
The movie features not one, but two precocious children, a cloying stock character that should be used sparingly, if at all. And much of the dialogue sounds fake, veering alternately toward cutesy and overly cerebral.
Here’s a mathematical formula for you: Take one overlong, nonsensical script; multiply it by terrible editing and design; then divide the whole thing by wooden performances. Voilà: You’ll have Jeff Lipsky’s unwatchable indie.
Molly’s Theory of Relativity is anti-cinema. All hope for any plot atrophies as Molly and her husband discuss their possible move to Norway with the wit and passion of a representative reading a tribute to Calvin Coolidge into the Congressional Record.
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