Full Frontal
Miramax Films | Release Date: August 2, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
45
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Mixed or average reviews based on 37 Critic Reviews
Positive:
15
Mixed:
13
Negative:
9
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70
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
The movie remains fragmented, elliptical and overplotted to the point of being hard to track. Still, it's worth hanging in for the finish, a birthday party for Gus (David Duchovny), the producer of the film and the one person they're all linked to. Then Soderbergh pulls off a delicious trick, a gesture of pure, tender, unabashed movie love that makes up for everything. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
Keener makes this sometimes inert but always intimate tale of love and ambition burst with dynamic energy. Keener doesn't just have attitude, she has maditude. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
It's a weird little movie that's amusing enough while you watch it, offering fine acting moments and pungent insights into modern L.A.'s show-biz and media subcultures. But it doesn't leave you with much. Read full review
67
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
Feels like a tonic for its makers, a means of clearing the palate after a series of rich meals. For viewers who appreciate risks, it should be just as refreshing.
63
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
It's the summer's most avant-garde experiment, and those who hate it (and there will be plenty) will complain the movie doesn't have a point. Then again, neither did Seinfeld, and look how that turned out. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
Quality-wise, however, there's a big drop off from sex, lies and videotape to Full Frontal. Read full review
80
Chicago ReaderBill Stamets
Catherine Keener is wonderfully weird as a vicious vice president of human relations, and Nicky Katt is brilliant as an actor playing Hitler in a stage play. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
Despite (or maybe because of) its showy cleverness, Full Frontal merely seems full of itself -- it's a small film made by a big ego pretending to a modesty he no longer feels. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Even by Soderbergh's standards of serious playfulness/playful seriousness, Full Frontal is a tricky novelty item: The director himself has variously described it as an ''experiment,'' an ''exercise,'' and a ''sketch.'' Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
Viewers need only a willingness to have fun and not mind when they realize the movie was never intended to be profound. Full Frontal is merely human, funny and unusual -- and that's enough. Read full review
70
Rolling StonePeter Travers
It's all part of the joke. Soderbergh may have created a bit of a mess with Full Frontal, but it's a playful and scrappy mess. Read full review
90
New Times (L.A.)Robert Wilonsky
That's all Full Frontal is: a brilliant gag at the expense of those who paid for it and those who pay to see it.
75
USA TodayClaudia Puig
These characters are interesting for their flaws and wounds, but the movie doesn't delve deeply into the sources of their pain. See this movie for its humor and talented cast and you won't be disappointed. Read full review
70
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
The fact that Full Frontal comes together so well removes any doubt that anyone other than a master filmmaker is pulling the strings. Read full review
90
TimeRichard Corliss
The result is Soderberghs liveliest experiment since the strenuously weird "Schizopolis" six years ago -- except that this one works. Read full review
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