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  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 38 m
  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 38 m

Summary Neuroscientist Julia's (Whitney Cummings) research into the biochemistry of the female brain is illustrated by three couples: newlyweds Zoe (Cecily Strong) and Greg (Blake Griffin), whose career troubles seep into their relationship; Lisa (Sofia Vergara) and Steven (Deon Cole), who are looking to spice up their stuck-in-a-rut marriage; a...

Directed By: Whitney Cummings

Written By: Neal Brennan, Louann Brizendine, Whitney Cummings

  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 38 m
  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 38 m

The Female Brain

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Summary Neuroscientist Julia's (Whitney Cummings) research into the biochemistry of the female brain is illustrated by three couples: newlyweds Zoe (Cecily Strong) and Greg (Blake Griffin), whose career troubles seep into their relationship; Lisa (Sofia Vergara) and Steven (Deon Cole), who are looking to spice up their stuck-in-a-rut marriage; a...

Directed By: Whitney Cummings

Written By: Neal Brennan, Louann Brizendine, Whitney Cummings

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
41
11% Positive
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56% Mixed
5 Reviews
33% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
41
11% Positive
1 Review
56% Mixed
5 Reviews
33% Negative
3 Reviews

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85
Feb 8, 2018
Cummings may have taken the easy way out here and there, but she largely delivers a film that kinda sorta makes you think, which isn’t a characteristic the genre is known for. Throughout, your feel-good chemicals will be flowing.
By Tricia Olszewski FULL REVIEW
50
Feb 9, 2018
Both in front of and behind the camera, Whitney Cummings tries to breathe new life into the hackneyed, men-are-like-this, women-are-like-this style of romantic comedy with The Female Brain. The results are frustratingly hit-and-miss.
By Christy Lemire FULL REVIEW
42
Feb 9, 2018
The formulaic approach to presenting each story — which ostensibly track different people Julia herself has studied, though she never interacts with them — is predictable, static, and wholly clinical.
By Kate Erbland FULL REVIEW
40
Feb 8, 2018
Despite its strong cast (including Sofia Vergara, Cecily Strong, and James Marsden), The Female Brain has trouble making its characters more than one-dimensional.
By Tatiana Craine FULL REVIEW
40
Feb 8, 2018
With such a fractured narrative, it's difficult to get into a groove with these short, shallow and over-simplified stories.
By Katie Walsh FULL REVIEW
38
Feb 3, 2018
Cummings, working from a Louann Brizendine book, has rendered romance clinical and forgotten to drop more sugar water in the Petri dish. She was too busy clinging to that “explain the brain” conceit to notice. The movie’s just not that damned funny.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
25
Feb 20, 2018
All I know is it’s excruciatingly dull. It pains me to see industrious people wasting time, chasing their tails and turning into butter when they could be taking a nap — which is what I did at regular intervals during The Female Brain.
By Rex Reed FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Black Bicycle Entertainment, Night and Day Pictures
Release Date Feb 9, 2018
Duration 1 h 38 m
Rating Not Rated
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