Damsels in Distress Reviews

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• turns its wit on the witless

  by Sam Adams [Los Angeles Times ]

• to luxuriate for two hours in that retro bubble of sparkling wit is a pleasure not to be missed

  by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone ]

• the actors often lack direction

  by A.O. Scott [New York Times ]

• more stylized and theatrical, almost surreal at times, and less accommodating to his trademark brand of razor-sharp dialogue

  by Rick Groen [Globe and Mail ]

• its blend of slapstick, erudite dialogue and empty philosophizing is more convoluted than clever

  by Claudia Puig [USA Today ]

• it's too talky, too smart, too long and 100 percent chaste

  by Andrew O'Hehir [Salon.com ]

• it's a whipsmart and arch screenplay and for viewers willing to play along

  Review rate : B by Kevin Jagernauth [The Playlist ]

• innocence deserted teen movies ages ago, but it makes a comeback, revived and romanticized, in this joyous anachronism

  by Richard Corliss [TIME Magazine ]

• goofily articulate script threatens to drown the performers

  by Joe Neumaier [New York Daily News ]

• captivates with a brisk, broad and bright comedic sensibility that speaks to a certain kind of audience

  by James Rocchi [MSN Movies ]

• as it is we get another Whit Stillman movie: droll and precious, erudite and talky

  by Lee Marshall [Screen Daily ]

• a flawed but frequently hilarious comeback

  by Neil Young [Hollywood Reporter ]

• a film that raises laughs even with its end credits

  by Leslie Felperin [Variety ]

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