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Just Looking
Sony Pictures Classics
MPAA RATING: R for strong sexuality, nudity, and language
Starring
Ryan Merriman,
Joey Franquinha,
Peter Onorati,
and
Gretchen Mol
Lenny (Merriman) is a typical 14-year-old from the Bronx, Like every teenage boy, he is totally fascinated with the concept of sex. But the year is 1955, and Lenny is too scared to actually "do it." So he dedicates his summer vacation to the next best thing. Seeing two other people do it. (Sony Pictures Classics)
| GENRE(S): |
Comedy
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Marshall Karp
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Jason Alexander
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: April 24, 2001
Video: April 24, 2001
Theatrical: October 13, 2000
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| RUNNING TIME: |
97 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
75
Miami Herald
Curtis Morgan
The characters are easy to overplay, but the ensemble keeps its feet on the ground.
75
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
A coming-of-age film that has the jaunty mood and egg-cream flavor of a Philip Roth memoir.
75
Chicago Tribune
Loren King
A teen comedy wise beyond its years.
70
Variety
Dennis Harvey
It goes down as easy as a cherry Coke.
70
Dallas Observer
Luke Y. Thompson
Deserves more than just a look.
63
San Francisco Examiner
Wesley Morris
Too smitten with the Eisenhower-era nostalgia.
60
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
There's not that much that's new in screenwriter Marshall Karp's sitcom-ish memoir, but Alexander keeps the laughs coming.
58
Entertainment Weekly
Ty Burr
The pacing is lumpy, the acting's all over the map.
52
Mr. Showbiz
Kevin Maynard
At best a vaguely Semitic episode of "The Wonder Years."
50
Village Voice
Leslie Camhi
Marshall Karp's script is clever and funny, though studded with anachronisms.
50
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
Old-fashioned comedy-drama.
50
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Stack
Pleasant, ultimately sweet but never quite inspired.
50
Los Angeles Times
Gene Seymour
There are enough grace notes and gentle surprises strewn along this well-trod path to make Just Looking just good enough to justify Alexander's career move.
50
Portland Oregonian
Kim Morgan
It's merely a by-the-numbers coming-of-age film
50
New York Post
Jonathan Foreman
Generic memoir of lower-middle-class "white ethnic" life in the '50s.
40
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
Contains some nicely observed moments, but they're buried in an unrepentantly sitcomy script.
40
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
Fails to create a seamless and believable web of measured performances and period color.
30
The New York Times
Stephen Holden
A candy-colored, unabashedly sentimental movie.
20
Film.com
Robert Horton
A clumsy and tone-deaf comedy.
10
LA Weekly
Chuck Wilson
This sort of nostalgia-drenched, sexual-coming-of-age saga has been done to death.
 The average user rating for this movie is 9.3 (out of 10) based on 3 User Votes
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