Full Frontal
Miramax Films | Release Date: August 2, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
45
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 37 Critic Reviews
Positive:
15
Mixed:
13
Negative:
9
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60
Washington PostAnn Hornaday
No matter how much fun it is to watch -- and for hard-core movie fans, it is often enormous fun -- there's a certain relief when it stops and we're popped back out to our banal, one-track lives. Read full review
60
Film ThreatChris Gore
It's disappointing that he (Soderbergh) couldn't make something more cohesive out of his admirable experiment. Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Far from a great film, but it certainly stretches the envelope. Read full review
50
New York PostLou Lumenick
You can't get much more perverse than asking Julia Roberts to wear fright wigs, do her own frumpy makeup and costumes -- and then shoot her scenes in eyeball-gougingly ugly digital video. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
When improv is done well, it sheds a unique light on the human condition. When it is done adequately, as it is in Full Frontal, it simply makes you long for a good script and pricey production values. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
Studding your movie with friends, admirers, and sycophants is having a ball; it does not bring us to question the illusory power of cinema or the politics of entertainment. Read full review
50
Wall Street JournalNancy deWolf Smith
The medium really is the message here, and it steals what there is of the show.
50
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
For an ostensibly personal film, this plodding portrait of the self-involved flailing for meaning in a mercenary world has little of Soderbergh's insight, empathy or generous personality. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Though some individual scenes crackle, overall the film feels unfocussed and flabby, like a series of acting improv exercises strung together. Read full review
40
SlateDavid Edelstein
Full Frontal could not be more opaque. I honestly don't have a clue what it's about; it went completely over my head. Read full review
40
New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter Rainer
Has its fun moments, and the dialogue, some of which was surely improvised, has a natural flow. But Soderbergh suffocates everything with stylistics. Soderbergh is exploring his navel. Read full review
40
SalonStephanie Zacharek
Aside from a few well-shaped moments from some of the actors, the editing is about the only thing that keeps your mind occupied in Full Frontal -- and any good editor will tell you that's a problem. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
When a set of pre-shooting guidelines a director came up with for his actors turns out to be cleverer, better written and of considerable more interest than the finished film, that's a bad sign. A very bad sign. Read full review
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