| 78 |
Austin Chronicle
There's a genuine, sparky chemistry between the three (and later, a fourth), and Robertson, particularly, is luminous in her role.
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| 75 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
A delight and a surprise.
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| 70 |
Film.com
Beautifully shot, full of lush, vibrant colors and expertly wrought sets...a club-kid's frothy date flick.
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| 70 |
Los Angeles Times
The pleasing Splendor is surely more likely to appeal to a wider audience than any of Araki's previous films.
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| 70 |
LA Weekly
It's dirty and delightful, if a tad on the slight side.
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| 67 |
Entertainment Weekly
It gradually loses wattage. Robertson, however, is a real sparkler.
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| 63 |
Boston Globe
Runs out of helium and lands pretty heavily after its airy beginning.
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| 60 |
Chicago Reader
Instructive comedy, which is marvelously neutral toward a type of sexual and domestic relationship that's often exploited or overblown.
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| 55 |
Mr. Showbiz
There's nothing remotely bizarre about this boy meets girl meets boy tale.
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| 50 |
Film.com
Compared to such current television shows as ''Sex and the City" and ''Action," this menage-a-trois tale seems downright tame.
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| 50 |
San Francisco Chronicle
A menage a trois tale that aspires to the breezy screwball comedies of the 1930s -- but more often resembles a hip soap opera.
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| 50 |
The New York Times
Almost a textbook example of what can go wrong when an artistic bad boy decides to be good.
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| 50 |
TV Guide
Characteristically stylish and willfully outre, and uncharacteristically watchable.
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| 50 |
Christian Science Monitor
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.
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| 40 |
Village Voice
Might as well be bad TV...Splendor is what happens when a director whose natural mode is subversion runs out of things to subvert.
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| 25 |
San Francisco Examiner
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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| 25 |
New York Post
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.
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| 25 |
New York Daily News
Ron Givens
A fair amount of laughs and a spunky dose of charm from the three leads, which adds up to some meaningless, if perverted, fun.
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