Group
Release Date: July 5, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
53
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Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
4
Negative:
1
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80
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
Some psychobabble ("We're all trying to be who we are") is inevitable, but somehow or other the thing works, largely because the acting, though primarily reactive, invests the movie with enough immediacy and specificity to turn the most excruciating banality into an original thought. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
The sort of independent-film project that could have been disastrous in less-skilled hands. But Freeman's direction is so deft and the performances so natural that her remarkable experiment ends up feeling more realistic than most documentaries. Read full review
70
Village VoiceEd Park
Though the characters are in fact sustained improvisations, the roles feel inhabited rather than acted -- a quality acutely present in scenes of excruciating awkwardness. Read full review
63
New York PostJonathan Foreman
It too often looks and feels like a high-concept home movie, thanks to cinematography that's crude and ugly even by the standards of documentary video. But Group is also a remarkably believable piece of improvised theater. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeErin Meister
Is it one of Oprah's book club meetings? Read full review
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