The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
Peace Arch Entertainment Group | Release Date: April 10, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
38
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
7
Negative:
6
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80
The Hollywood ReporterDuane Byrge
In the film's most flamboyant role, Peter Sarsgaard's devil-ish charisma and cold bluster is frightening. Read full review
70
VarietyDennis Harvey
The full warmth and idiosyncrasy of Chabon's original is missed in an adaptation that feels more impersonally observed. But Lawson's pic, (with the director making a left turn from prior feature "Dodgeball," which he says was a money gig undertaken to hasten this dream project) is entertaining and involving enough on its own terms. Read full review
60
Film ThreatJamie Tipps
Disappointed fans of Michael Chabon will have to watch "Wonder Boys" for solace, for The Mysteries of Pittsburgh boasts only one core mystery: how one can take such promising material and render it completely unmemorable? Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The movie is all the more artificial because it has been made with great, almost painful, earnestness. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleDavid Wiegand
Earnest but unconvincing film. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
Remember the final page of Gatsby, a real American tragedy, when the green light beckons us into an ever-receding future? Now that was a mystery. This is, well, Pittsburgh. Read full review
50
Washington PostDan Zak
Pleasant-to-watch, easily forgotten drama. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
Only Sarsgaard shows a pulse, creating a self-destructive, omnisexual rogue who, for all his faults, would probably be great company. The same can't be said for the film around him. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
Marries an unengaging love triangle to a flat visual style, nearly squashing the one good thing in it -- a scruffy, slouching performance from Peter Sarsgaard. Read full review
38
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
A coming-of-ager that nearly slaughters you by minute 30 with the relentlessness of its protagonist's voiceovers. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
Almost nothing works in this movie. Read full review
38
New York PostLou Lumenick
You know a movie's got problems when the most memo rable thing about it is Sienna Miller's mustache. Read full review
30
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
A clumsy and confused adaptation of Michael Chabon's 1988 novel. Read full review
25
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
A stillborn rendering of Michael Chabon's first novel. Read full review
20
Village VoiceNick Pinkerton
Mena Suvari, as Art's vindictive ex-fuckbuddy, gives sole signs of life--Miller is so void of presence that one can forget she's in the movie from scene to scene. Read full review
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