I Am
Paladin (II) | Release Date: March 11, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
38
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
10
Negative:
5
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38
Washington PostMark JenkinsMar 24, 2011
While I Am has its boogeymen - especially the rich, the racist and the ultra-competitive - Shadyac implicates himself whenever possible. Read full review
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San Francisco ChronicleWalter AddiegoMar 3, 2011
For some, this sort of thinking is a much-needed revolution in human consciousness. For others, it's little more than New Age platitudes and questionable science. Read full review
20
Time OutAlison WillmoreMar 15, 2011
All of this touching and feeling makes I Am a so-awful-it's-mesmerizing mash-up of Hollywood entitlement and earnest goodwill. There's no questioning Shadyac's googly-eyed sincerity, but the film has all the depth of a late-night dorm-room exchange. Read full review
12
New York PostKyle SmithMar 18, 2011
At the end, as Shadyac proclaims, "I stopped flying privately" (well, hurrah for you, Mahatma), renounces his Pasadena mansion and moves into a trailer park, the results of his epiphany grow funnier than any of his movies. Read full review
11
Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesApr 21, 2011
It's hard to decide what rankles most: what an astonishing monument to Shadyac's self-absorption I Am is, or how flat-out bad – incompetent, even – the filmmaking is. Read full review
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