Body Shots
New Line Cinema | Release Date: October 22, 1999 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
36
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 29 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
10
Negative:
13
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
50
New York PostJonathan Foreman
An ultra-stylized, empty mess.
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Suffers from a fatal misapprehension. It thinks it is about date rape, when actually it is about alcoholism. Read full review
50
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
All the young talent in Hollywood is not enough to energize a movie that takes forever to get nowhere.
50
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Constant shifts between past and present and between individual stories creates varying perspectives that add dimension and insight to material that might play tritely if presented in straightforward narrative form. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleSarah Hepola
A bleak, depressing film. Read full review
40
Film.comGemma Files
Flirts with the idea of insight. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyPaul Cullum
A creepy clinical voyeurism and condescending empathy that can't help but alienate its intended audience. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
This flashy and ultimately conservative morality tale relies on shockingly frank sex talk to cover the fact that the characters are shockingly poorly developed. Read full review
40
The New York TimesLawrence Van Gelder
More focused on surface than true revelation. Read full review
40
Film.comRobert Horton
I haven't got the slightest idea whether these characters are meant as satirical targets or as a reasonably fair cross-section of Today's Youth. Read full review
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