Cecil B. DeMented
Artisan Entertainment | Release Date: August 11, 2000 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
57
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 32 Critic Reviews
Positive:
17
Mixed:
10
Negative:
5
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Consistently amusing and smart in its choice of targets, but it lacks the manic edge of some of Waters' earlier movies. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineSteve Simels
Has a giddy silliness that's thoroughly endearing. Read full review
60
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
Has the grace to send the audience out with a piece of Waters-written rap. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Has a few viciously funny moments. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
Weighed down by the presence of Griffith. She plays her satiric part without much gusto or conviction - as if she were afraid we might believe she really is Honey.
50
VarietyDavid Rooney
Diverting but uneven. Read full review
50
Film.comErnest Hardy
Hamstrung by a script that is too often smug, obvious and self-important. Read full review
50
New York PostJonathan Foreman
Disappointing and surprisingly crude.
50
USA TodaySusan Wloszczyna
Where once Waters was brilliantly polluted, now he comes off diluted.
50
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
Not so much a movie as a self-contained world for like-minded people who wear their outsider status on their sleeves. Read full review
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