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Generally favorable reviews- based on 25 Ratings

  • Starring: Rebecca Pidgeon
  • Summary: A big-budget movie crew descends upon a quaint New England village, sowing a bumper crop of corruption, vanity and greed. (Fine Line Features)
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 26
  2. Negative: 0 out of 26
  1. 100
    You may want to revisit this profanely hilarious Hollywood satire. . .just to catch the zingers the audience often drowns out with laughter. Hollywood corrupts absolutely, and Mamet turns the toxic process into the year's best and smartest comedy.
  2. Relentlessly funny satire.
  3. 80
    This is probably the funniest Mamet piece to date (but not the weightiest), and it might be destined to take a seat alongside "The Player" and "Sunset Boulevard" in the front row of movieland satires.
  4. 60
    At its best, State and Main is fast and sharp, but when a movie like this goes off the rails, it's more disappointing than when a bad movie does.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 13
  3. Negative: 5 out of 13

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