Schizopolis
Criterion Collection, The | Release Date: April 9, 1997 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
44
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
3
Negative:
3
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Dallas ObserverAndy Klein
At first glance, Schizopolis may seem like no more than a grab-bag of tricks and gimmicks, but repeat viewings reveal a more coherent pattern. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
It's fresh, unexpected and goofy. It's not a smart career move, just a film that its director wanted to make for some crazy reason, and he made it. Read full review
70
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
Fast-paced and ambitious, it never bores, and Soderbergh proves himself interesting to watch in addition to being gifted behind the camera. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
It's just that audiences are going to have a hard time tidily summarizing what it is they just experienced (and I suspect the same holds true for Soderbergh himself). Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Soderbergh has lots to say but this time seems to lack the confidence to express himself seriously. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyMike D'Angelo
When it works, it's the best film of the year. When it doesn't, take cover. Read full review
40
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
It winds up illustrating the very emptiness it mocks. Read full review
25
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
A painfully self-conscious comedy that mistakes relentless self-referentiality for cleverness, this half-witted misfire is filled with accelerated motion, repeated and overlapping scenes, direct address to the camera and other cliches of defamiliarization. Read full review
20
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Given the audacity, it would be a pleasure to report that the results are hilarious, but most of it isn't even funny, and the sense of "anything goes" hangs heavy over the film as it develops. Read full review
20
VarietyTodd McCarthy
Some of the filmmaker's keen intelligence remains on display, but only in fractured and often obscure form, and pic overall gives the impression of a giant expurgation of negative feelings about things in general rather than a carefully articulated brief on recognizable subjects. Read full review
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