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What Just Happened?

Overview

Genre :

Comedy, Drama

Release Date :

October 17, 2008 (Limited)

MPAA Rating :

R

Director :

Barry Levinson

Starring :

Robert De Niro, Catherine Keener, Stanley Tucci, John Turturro, Kristen Stewart, Robin Wright Penn, Moon Bloodgood, Sean Penn, Bruce Willis

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  3 of 5 [Rate It]

2 of 4

“..sporadically funny..”
by Claudia Puig [USA Today]
3 of 5

“..playful..”
by Andrew Male [Empire Magazine]
2.5 of 4

“..no hardship to watch..”
by Moira Macdonald [Seattle Times]
“..meandering, passive-aggressive..”
by A.O. Scott [NY Times]
2 of 5

“..it had to be very careful about treading on toes when that's the one thing it needed to do most of all..”
by David Mercier [FilmJudge]
“..funny, sly and highly stress-inducing..”
by Carina Chocano [LA Times]
2.5 of 4

“..deep..”
by Ty Burr [Boston Globe]
4 of 4
Reviewed by Michael Sragow [Baltimore Sun]
4 of 5
Reviewed by Blake French [Filmcritic.com]
Review rate : C
Reviewed by Paula Nechak [Seattle Post Intelligencer]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by James Berardinelli [Reelviews]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Glenn Whipp [LA Daily News]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Lou Lumenick [New York Post]
2 of 5
Reviewed by Joe Neumaier [NY Daily News]
Reviewed by Mick LaSalle [San Francisco Chronicle]

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