9 Songs
Tartan | Release Date: July 22, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
43
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 29 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
13
Negative:
9
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60
Dallas ObserverLuke Y. Thompson
This movie is, essentially, porn, and whether it's a turn-on is likely to be subjective to each viewer. Those who find traditional porn too artificial should be pleased. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Members of what used to be referred to euphemistically as the "raincoat crowd," will probably enjoy Winterbottom's experiment more than most. Read full review
50
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
Michael Winterbottom's erotic drama isn't so much a story of a love affair as an anatomy of a sexual relationship. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeTy Burr
It's a smart, provocative idea for a movie. I wish 9 Songs was that movie. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
As an idea, the film is fascinating, but as an experience it grows tedious; the concerts lack closeups, the sex lacks context, and Antarctica could use a few penguins. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
For a movie that consists almost entirely of real sex and real rock 'n' roll, 9 Songs feels remarkably conventional. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarrit Ingman
It works best as a spank-it movie you don’t have to feel guilty about and that you can dance to. And there’s nothing wrong with that. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
With no previous acting experience, she's (Stilley) a natural between the sheets but a rank amateur between the vowels. Read full review
50
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
Winterbottom never provides the empathic connective tissue we expect. Love it or not, 9 Songs amounts to a common human rite fastidiously caught in amber, giving off no heat or joy but crystallized for the future. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Nobody will go to see Michael Winterbottom's sexually explicit, novelty-act drama - a naughty peep show for sobersides, disguised as a nature documentary - to hear the songs; everyone will go to see the shagging, which occupies the majority of the screen time. Read full review
50
TimeRichard Corliss
Neither lurid nor especially compelling. This is the triumph, and the limitation, of 9 Songs: it makes explicit movie sex ordinary--as ordinary as the sexual activities of most of the folks watching it. Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
It's always hard to predict what Winterbottom will try next, but this experiment isn't worth repeating, the lively concert scenes notwithstanding. Be forewarned that the sexual scenes aren't simulated. Read full review
40
Film ThreatBob Westal
As 9 Songs played out for sixty-nine (count ‘em!) minutes, I started to find myself wishing they would just end the interminable, deliberately underlit, sex scenes and get back to those really hot pics of Antarctica. Read full review
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