Confetti
Fox Searchlight Pictures | Release Date: September 15, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
57
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
7
Negative:
3
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83
The A.V. ClubTasha Robinson
Anyone who's been closely involved with a wedding knows exactly how these beleaguered schmucks feel. Those who haven't may just take Confetti as a lighthearted but convincing argument for elopement. Read full review
80
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Just when I'm ready to write off the mockumentary as an exhausted form, along comes this delightful and hilarious improv comedy from the UK in which a bridal magazine sets up a promotional contest for the best offbeat wedding. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Must viewing for the Bridezillas set, this winning pageant of gaudy bad taste is the work of some of the U.K.'s most popular comedy performers. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
It's ripe for an American remake, given the popularity of reality TV shows like "My Super Sweet 16" and "Bridezillas," but it's hard to imagine a better cast than this ensemble. Read full review
75
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
The humor is sweet-spirited, the dialogue (all improvised by the cast) is acerbic and witty, the celebration of unbridled tackiness is often hilarious. Read full review
70
Village VoiceElla Taylor
If nothing else, this affectionately off-the-wall confection offers exuberant confirmation of every suspicion you might ever have had that the English are charmingly eccentric. They're barking mad. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesMichael Ordona
Under the insanity and unsexy nudity, Confetti has a sweet center. Comic timing, themes of tolerance and commitment and the marriage of farce and empathy lift the film above the mockumentary pack. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleMarrit Ingman
The film veers toward sheer silliness at times, losing the sweetness that defines its strongest moments. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Like the average best-man toast, Debbie Isitt's amiable mockumentary has many funny moments, a few touching ones and some that fall just slightly flat. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
Outlandish weddings aren't much of a satiric target, but Confetti isn't really going for satire; mild-mannered japes are more its style. Read full review
63
USA TodayClaudia Puig
Overall, Confetti is agreeable and appropriately daft, though occasionally tepid and contrived. Read full review
60
VarietyLeslie Felperin
Picture is reminiscent less of Richard Curtis' romcoms and more of Christopher Guest's mockumentaries, with a dash of early Mike Leigh. Read full review
60
Washington PostAnn Hornaday
Say this for Confetti: It's a crowd-pleaser. If, that is, the crowd is composed of people who have never seen a movie by Christopher Guest or a TV show starring Ricky Gervais. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
Confetti is an excellent study of what happens when someone botches Christopher Guest's mockumentary format. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleRuthe Stein
May be too convincing for its own good. Read full review
50
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
Confetti overdraws on an audience's generosity. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeTy Burr
A good-natured but terminally mild British mockumentary. Read full review
40
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Content to go only a third of the way to the bottom of its characters, the movie gives each a few comic tics and leaves it at that. Read full review
38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
With barely a laugh to be found, Confetti takes the "mock" right out of the mockumentary, and you can guess what's left. Yep, a Umentary, a brand new genre best defined by what it's not -- not real like a doc, not funny like a mock, not this thing or that thing or much of anything. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterRay Bennett
The track records of the performers are impeccable, but Issit has obviously never watched an awards show or similar event where comedy actors appear unscripted. Placing the weight of such a preposterous storyline on their improvisational shoulders was a disaster waiting to happen. And it happened. Read full review
25
New York PostLou Lumenick
A strained, ultra-predictable and headache-inducing mockumentary. Read full review
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