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Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
Metascore
71 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 4 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
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  1. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    100
    This is a movie from the past that's also eerily of a piece with the film culture of now and tomorrow.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Manohla Dargis
    80
    If all this sounds a bit nuts, dangerously self-indulgent and very of its experimental moment, it is. But it's also highly entertaining and, at moments, revelatory about filmmaking as a site of creative tension between individual vision and collective endeavor.
  3. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Rosenbaum
    70
    The title modifies a term coined by political scientist and philosopher Arthur Bentley that refers to the interactions between people and their environment, and the notion of a shifting center is what gives this experiment much of its interest and also limits it from going very far in any single direction.
  4. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Michael Atkinson
    50
    May be the ultimate paradigm of self-reflexive cinema, eating Godard's tail for him and one-upping the classic anti-cartoon Duck Amuck by submitting to a cunning entropy and a self-inquiry so relentless the movie never moves from square one.
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  1. PersonWithAHat
    8
    This possibly is the truest behind-the-scenes film I have ever seen. While the premise is tumultuous to look upon, it happens to never disappoint on what is a definitive behind-the-scenes film. It isn't a documentary, but preferably a mockumentary, as the director was trying to film a film that is possibly fake, he used so much footage, and behind-the-scenes of behind the scenes, it is truly guaranteed to make your head spin if you try to do the math.… Full Review »