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52 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 18
  3. Negative: 3 out of 18
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  1. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marc Savlov
    78
    There's a genuine, sparky chemistry between the three (and later, a fourth), and Robertson, particularly, is luminous in her role.
  2. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Paula Nechak
    75
    A delight and a surprise.
  3. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: John Patterson
    70
    It's dirty and delightful, if a tad on the slight side.
  4. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Ernest Hardy
    70
    Beautifully shot, full of lush, vibrant colors and expertly wrought sets...a club-kid's frothy date flick.
  5. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    70
    The pleasing Splendor is surely more likely to appeal to a wider audience than any of Araki's previous films.
  6. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    67
    It gradually loses wattage. Robertson, however, is a real sparkler.
  7. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Jay Carr
    63
    Runs out of helium and lands pretty heavily after its airy beginning.
  8. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Lisa Alspector
    60
    Instructive comedy, which is marvelously neutral toward a type of sexual and domestic relationship that's often exploited or overblown.
  9. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Kevin Maynard
    55
    There's nothing remotely bizarre about this boy meets girl meets boy tale.
  10. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    50
    Araki graduates from his usual obsession with teenage angst in this neon-lighted comedy, but fails to hit the visual and verbal high notes he strains so hard to reach.
  11. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Edward Guthmann
    50
    A menage a trois tale that aspires to the breezy screwball comedies of the 1930s -- but more often resembles a hip soap opera.
  12. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    50
    Characteristically stylish and willfully outre, and uncharacteristically watchable.
  13. Film.com
    Reviewed by: John Hartl
    50
    Compared to such current television shows as ''Sex and the City" and ''Action," this menage-a-trois tale seems downright tame.
  14. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    50
    Almost a textbook example of what can go wrong when an artistic bad boy decides to be good.
  15. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Dennis Lim
    40
    Might as well be bad TV...Splendor is what happens when a director whose natural mode is subversion runs out of things to subvert.
  16. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Ron Givens
    25
    A fair amount of laughs and a spunky dose of charm from the three leads, which adds up to some meaningless, if perverted, fun.
  17. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Foreman
    25
    An embarrassing misfire...feels like a long, slow TV pilot about L.A. twentysomethings, only it lacks the polish and wit of your average sitcom.
  18. San Francisco Examiner
    Reviewed by: Walter Addiego
    25
    Ineptly written and shot like a fashion mag, rings hollow throughout. It's a long, long way from "Jules and Jim."
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