Shortbus

THINKFilm | Release Date: October 4, 2006

7.3	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 90 Ratings

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JohnMitchellHaterFeb 7, 2008

John Cameron Mitchell is a lonely man looking to get off. Biggest piece of crap. The critics want to seem like they're superior, but supporting shortbus, but anyone who liked this most have went to school on the shortbus.

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JackOct 18, 2006

Extremely disappointing. Sook Yin-Lee should take acting lessons from Keanu Reeves. Her eagerness to please the viewer is pathetic and even more (unbelievably) annoying than her stint on CBC radio. The sloppy (literally) screenplay tries to Extremely disappointing. Sook Yin-Lee should take acting lessons from Keanu Reeves. Her eagerness to please the viewer is pathetic and even more (unbelievably) annoying than her stint on CBC radio. The sloppy (literally) screenplay tries to tackle everything from sex to suicide with faux-sincerity that rings hollow from beginning to end. Lots of gay sex for a movie that bills itself as a woman's quest to achieve orgasm. A few funny scenes and some neat computer animation save it from a 0. Waste of an evening otherwise.… Expand

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DaveJan 12, 2007

One of the worst movies I've seen this year. I really like "Hedwig and the Angry Inch", but this film was just too pretentious and over the top for me.

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MKApr 26, 2007

Terrible. Weak characters, childlike acting and premise. Just terrible to watch...it was as if a gay (bi) 13 year old hitting puberty had been given a few bucks to make a film....AMATEUR!!!! And not good amateur. Really weak.

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BradR.Jul 14, 2007

This is a movie trying so hard to be at once acceptable and provocative that it ends up being one long string of cliches. Not that it doesn't have its pleasures, guilty or otherwise: the opening is playful, there are funny moments here This is a movie trying so hard to be at once acceptable and provocative that it ends up being one long string of cliches. Not that it doesn't have its pleasures, guilty or otherwise: the opening is playful, there are funny moments here and there, and there are some jarringly un-funny moments too (e.g., the dead man in the pool). But finally, the film is as tame and conventional as it could be. Comedy tends toward convention and re-asserting a status quo, but great comedy unsettles us to the core before pretending to patch things up. Mitchell and his cast never manage to really unsettle us, at least not believably (spoiler warning!). For instance, Jamie's suicide attempt and its resolution seemed painfully contrived and trivial--and the same came be said for much of the sex, which doesn't finally serve any point. I know that last statement may blow the fuses of the film's many fans, so I'll add another just for fun: take out the sex (yes, it's possible) and what you're left with is a completely conventional, normative romantic comedy. If you want a thought-provoking film about sex, watch Last Tango instead.… Expand

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tay2Jul 23, 2021

Well I am sure that everyone involved in the making thought that they were all so daring to actually put a gay blow job on display alongside a bunch of other naked people having sex. However, as most of us know that is not new, there isWell I am sure that everyone involved in the making thought that they were all so daring to actually put a gay blow job on display alongside a bunch of other naked people having sex. However, as most of us know that is not new, there is actually a hole industry specialising in exactly that calle porn and they are rewarded at the annual AVN-award show. Shortbus certainly have several similarities with a porn flick. The plot is as poorly written, the dialogs as unreal and the acting only convincing when they are having intercourse. The fact that this movie has even been mentioned at any other movie reward but the AVN, shows that there are too many unreliable critics out there.… Expand

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