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Genre :

Comedy, Drama

Release Date :

October 24, 2008 (Limited)

MPAA Rating :

Director :

Charlie Kaufman

Starring :

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Sadie Goldstein, Tom Noonan, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams, Hope Davis, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Emily Watson, Dianne Wiest, Daniel London

REVIEWS RATE: Critics Readers [Rate It]

“..mostly an overlong, pretentious bore..”

by James Berardinelli [Reelviews]

“..mind-blowing..”

by Lou Lumenick [New York Post]

“..extravagantly conceptual..”

by Manohla Dargis [NY Times]

“..exhilarating and exasperating in equal doses..”

by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]

“..confounding, massively ambitious..”

by Claudia Puig [USA Today]

Review rate : B+
Reviewed by Scott Tobias [Onion AV Club]

Reviewed by Joe Neumaier [NY Daily News]

Review rate : D+
Reviewed by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly]

Reviewed by Rafer Guzman [Newsday]

Reviewed by Fernando F. Croce [Slant Magazine]

Reviewed by Scott Foundas [Village Voice]

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