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Overview


Genre :

Comedy, Drama

Release Date :

May 12, 2006 (Limited)

MPAA Rating :

R

Director :

Terry Zwigoff

Starring :

John Malkovich, Anjelica Huston, Jim Broadbent, Sophia Myles, Joel Moore, Max Minghella, Scoot McNairy, Ezra Buzzington, Jesse Flanagan, Ethan Suplee

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  4 of 5 [Rate It]

3 of 4

“..unable to find a satisfactory way of tying up all its loose ends..”
by Jeremiah Kipp [Slant Magazine]
2.5 of 5

“..the problem here is that there's not enough of anything..”
by Eric Lurio [Greenwich Village Gazette]
3 of 4

“..shows the kind of backbone needed by limp parodies like Thank You for Smoking and American Dreamz..”
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
6 of 10

“..gets bogged down in a rather dreary crime drama story that isn't nearly as much fun..”
by Edward Douglas [Comingsoon]
2 of 4

“..flaccid satire..”
by Pam Grady [Reel]
3.5 of 5

“..constitutes two-thirds of a worthy follow-up to Ghost World, but it doesn't feel nearly as substantial..”
by Nathan Rabin [The Onion A.V. Club]
2 of 5

“..a really disjointed, confusing watch..”
by Eric Campos [Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice]
5 of 5
Reviewed by Erik Childress [eFilmCritic.com]
4 of 5
Reviewed by Matt McKillop [Filmcritic]
3.5 of 5
Reviewed by [E! Online]
3 of 5
Reviewed by Eugene Novikov [Film Blather]
2.5 of 5
Reviewed by Lisa Schwarzbaum [Entertainment Weekly]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Jami Bernard [New York Daily News]

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