Sex, Politics & Cocktails
Regent Releasing | Release Date: May 20, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
24
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
3
Negative:
5
Watch Now
Buy on

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
The politics get pretty short shrift, but cigarettes and liquor are everywhere. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyChuck Wilson
This peculiar little comedy, shot on digital video, gets points for editorial pizzazz, but earns a big zero for content. Read full review
40
The New York TimesLawrence Van Gelder
Structurally, Sex, Politics and Cocktails is wildly, almost frantically inventive, with techniques ranging from stop-motion to split-screen to silent film-style intertitles. But no amount of directorial trickery can mask the essential vacuousness of the story and its characters. Read full review
38
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Enthusiastic performances help, but without a logical script or confident direction, the fizz very quickly goes flat. Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderPatrick Z. McGavin
The result is TV flavored, less a narrative than a haphazard succession of vignettes populated by crude stereotypes instead of credible characters. Read full review
10
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Julien Hernandez's Sex, Politics & Cocktails gives all three a bad name. Read full review
10
Village VoiceMatt Singer
Overwhelmingly poor camerawork helps obscure the deficiencies in the dialogue but can't conceal a sparse plot stretched to feature length by an endless parade of lame sketches. Read full review
0
New York PostLou Lumenick
A relentlessly dull film that's shot on eyeball-gougingly ugly digital video. Read full review
More From This Movie

24 Critic Reviews

4.5 User Reviews

Details & Credits|Trailers

Current Movie Releases
By MetascoreBy User Score
1 77 Project Hail Mary
2 75 Send Help
3 73 Hoppers
4 72 The Sheep Detectives
5 63 Normal
SEE ALL
Essential Links
New on Amazon Prime Video
New on Netflix
Coming Soon to DVD/Blu-ray
SEE ALL