Results
Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: May 29, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 29 Critic Reviews
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenJun 4, 2015
The rom-com isn't such a lost cause, after all. It was just waiting for someone like indie filmmaker Andrew Bujalski to resuscitate it. Read full review
90
The New YorkerRichard BrodyMay 28, 2015
He stages the clashes of idiosyncratic characters that give the enterprise its life while observing the infinitesimal details of which that life is made—how to make new friends, how to hook up cable TV—as well as the ethereally intimate connections that result. Read full review
90
The New York TimesA.O. ScottMay 28, 2015
The triumph of Results is that it pretends to be loose, lazy and lived-in when it’s actually disciplined, hard-working and in almost perfect shape. Read full review
90
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriFeb 23, 2015
With this cast, and such a vivid sense of play, Results manages, in its own subtle, unassuming way, to reinvent the rom-com. It’s enchanting. Read full review
88
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsJun 11, 2015
Some may find Results a little light on plot (it is). But with the Smulders character, we're treated to a refreshingly dimensional female lead. Kat isn't one of those aggravating Type A Katherine Heigl cliches. Nor is she a mere attractive doormat. She's prickly, a little lost, but running her own show, and on the road to something better. Read full review
88
Slant MagazineChuck BowenMay 26, 2015
Andrew Bujalski seizes upon physical training as a resonant metaphor for the work and risk that are inherent in cultivating significant interpersonal connections. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyMay 27, 2015
Smulders, Pearce, and Corrigan are loose and eminently likable, and the direction is so in tune with the actors that one is almost inclined to think of Results as a movie carried entirely by performance, overlooking how much its shape depends on style. Read full review
80
The GuardianLeslie FelperinMay 28, 2015
Although not as strikingly original as Bujalski’s earlier work, there’s something endearing about the characters, the film’s laconic, stoner rhythms and quirky plotting. In the end, it has something wise and kind to say about loneliness and the cult of personal improvement. Read full review
80
SalonAndrew O'HehirMay 28, 2015
After its own unexpected and light-hearted fashion, Results is as subversive as Bujalski’s other films. Yes, I called it a rom-com, and that’s accurate enough, but it’s a love story full of twists and turns, one that tempts us toward incorrect conclusions and deliberately avoids revealing its true heart. Read full review
80
VarietyScott FoundasFeb 1, 2015
Once he’s worked through the basic set-up, Bujalski puts the plot on the back burner and lets his characters collide and ricochet off one another with a laconic comic grace. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesMay 27, 2015
Surely the most unconventional romantic comedy of the summer, Results isn't anti-plot; it just moves in weird ways. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperJun 11, 2015
Bujalski’s script is smarter and much weirder (in a good way) than the standard romantic comedy. His characters are funny without ever trying to be funny. Read full review
75
Portland OregonianJeff BakerJun 5, 2015
Everyone is in top form. Pearce, the Australian who's elevated everything from "L.A. Confidential" to "Mildred Pierce," sinks his gleaming teeth into the comic aspects of Trevor and doesn't let up. Smulders, now part of the Marvel universe, is edgy and fun. Corrigan is best of all. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleJun 4, 2015
There’s an absurdist edge, but with nothing of the smart-aleck about it. Rather than use wit as a way of bypassing thought and emotion, Bujalski’s concerns are serious, and his attitude toward his characters is warm without being indulgent. Read full review
75
Washington PostStephanie MerryJun 4, 2015
Results is a smooth transition for Bujalski from the fringes to more commercial work. It’s heartening that he didn’t give up his calling-card observational humor to do it. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyMay 29, 2015
Results is not entirely successful but it does have a charm and a style that works. In its own weird way, it is quite romantic, while acknowledging that romance is sometimes unpleasant, always messy, and hooking up with someone represents the beginning of a lifetime of getting into messes and digging oneself out. That quality alone makes Results a really refreshing film. Read full review
75
IndieWireEric KohnFeb 1, 2015
Though hardly a singular achievement on par with its precedents in the filmmaker's career, Results shows the first indication of Bujalski's ability to tell stories on a larger scale. Read full review
75
The PlaylistRodrigo PerezFeb 1, 2015
Results isn’t always a successful film, but its philosophies about the myths of perfection as they apply to love are at least credible, funny and well observed. Read full review
70
The DissolveScott TobiasMay 28, 2015
Despite a too-neat resolution, the characters in Results haven’t figured themselves out, much less their relationships, and Bujalski is perfectly comfortable sorting through their confusion. Read full review
70
Village VoiceAbby GarnettMay 26, 2015
While the polish of good-looking Hollywood types shot in clean, well-lit spaces doesn’t quite connect with Bujalski’s writing style, the film's tone is honestly unorthodox, a quality missing from most mid-budget comedies. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeFeb 1, 2015
A perfectly chosen cast sells this unhurried comedy, which flows unconventionally but is still, by a long stretch, the most mainstream-friendly picture Bujalski has made. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyMay 21, 2015
Even by Bujalski’s shaggy standards, Results never adds up to much. Instead it just sort of sputters out and settles for a predictable rom-com ending. Conventional doesn’t suit him. Read full review
65
TheWrapInkoo KangMay 28, 2015
Bujalski’s script does boast lots of smart, sad observations about how both money and self-improvement can lead to isolation. But the characters, while far from broad, aren’t very focused, either. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeTy BurrJun 4, 2015
What happens when a rigorously non-mainstream filmmaker tries to reverse-engineer a mainstream romantic comedy? The result, in all its charming perversity, is Results. Read full review
60
Time OutDavid EhrlichJun 2, 2015
Results is the work of an elusive talent who’s built his entire career on the strength of his curveball. This seriocomedy of self-improvement clarifies how all of Bujalski’s stories are unified by characters who are trying to camouflage their loneliness. Read full review
60
Time Out LondonCath ClarkeMay 26, 2015
Like Bujalski’s early mumblecore work, this is sensitive and meandering – and just a little bit patience-testing. But it’s also infectiously sweet and honest-feeling. Read full review
50
New York PostKyle SmithMay 27, 2015
The movie can be mildly amusing. But I couldn’t figure out which of the three principals I least wanted to know. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreMay 26, 2015
Results is a comedy that never offers more than unsatisfactory ones — results, I mean. Read full review
25
ObserverRex ReedMay 27, 2015
It is really not about anything at all except the mistakes, pitfalls and dumb decisions that plague the career of talented but misguided Australian actor Guy Pearce in his attempts to become an American film star. Read full review
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