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Made-Up
Mixed or average reviews
Based on 11 critic reviews
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Based on 3 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Comedy | Drama
Written by: Lynne Adams
Directed by: Tony Shalhoub
Release Date:
Theatrical: January 23, 2004
DVD: August 30, 2005
Running Time: 96 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: Not Rated
Starring Brooke Adams, Lynne Adams, Eva Amurri, Kalen Conover, Light Eternity, Jim Issa, Lance Krall, Tony Shalhoub, and Gary Sinise
What starts as a mother-daughter documentary turns into a film about beauty and aging, passion and creativity, seeing and being seen -- a coming of middle age comedy. (Sister Films)
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What The Critics Said
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Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
In working with Lynne Adams' script, Shalhoub, the esteemed star of the current USA series "Monk," gives his cast the inspiration and confidence to express the characters' many facets and seeming contradictions.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Dana Stevens
Its warm, occasionally off-putting individuality is more like what you look for in a friend than in a movie, and like a friend it invites you to see the unique beauty that lies under its superficial flaws.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Wesley Morris
It wants, as Kate says about her documentary, to be a "seminal work on beauty and aging." But it wears like a gauzy romantic comedy.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Ken Fox
It's never dull: Shalhoub's direction is smart, the dialogue is tart and the Adams' family shares a palpable intimacy that translates directly onto the screen.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
Like picking out a family at random and walking into their house during dinnertime. Sure, their conversations are fascinating to them. But to you, it's just boring, meaningless chatter.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter David Hunter
With Made-Up, the sisters Adams and Shalhoub (who is married to Brooke) have taken a playfully irreverent approach to middle-age rites of passage that comes with many opportunities for the performers to self-consciously "act."
Read Full Review >Variety Lael Loewenstein
While the whole may be less than the sum of its parts, those parts are individually commendable. Shalhoub has an eye for composition and a strong sense of pacing.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Joshua Land
A ham-fisted satire on the American obsession with appearance, Made-Up is ultimately self-defeating and even offensive.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Hazel-Dawn Dumpert
Voice-overs and commentaries are piled on top of contrived intimate moments until, despite some easygoing performances, the movie -- the actual movie -- is a blur of undercooked motivations and halfhearted improv.
Read Full Review >New York Post Megan Lehmann
Tries to be many things -- romantic comedy, mockumentary, a satire on beauty and aging -- but ends up succeeding at none.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 10.0 (out of 10) based on 3 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Melissa E. gave it a 10:
This movie was one of the funniest I've seen this year.
Kevin D. gave it a 10:
This movie was great!!! I loved it!!!
Jennifer C. gave it a 10:
Made Up is a great movie. I laughed, I was touched, and the performances are brilliant!!!
