Shutterbug
Cyprian Films | Release Date: March 19, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
34
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
Positive:
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3
Negative:
2
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Village VoiceAndrew Schenker
Papas leans too heavily on expected street types (a black pimp, multi-ethnic skate punks) to populate his underworld, but he compensates with expressionistic HD photography and eerie electronic doodling to sustain an impossible mood of productive unease. Read full review
40
VarietyRonnie Scheib
Though the low-budget picture is not without interest, its uneven thesping, sound quality and special effects might prove more welcome on the fest fringe. Read full review
40
The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis
Intermittently beautiful but frustratingly leaden, Shutterbug labors ineffectually to promote authenticity over artifice. A heavily stylized paean to undoctored images, the movie never quite clicks as a succession of moving ones. Read full review
30
Boxoffice MagazineMatthew Nestel
This NYC-stamped film may claim street cred because it set-up shop along No Man’s Land, Brooklyn, late at night, but its drowsy work and parlor tricks suck the life out of what’s supposed to be a sleepless city. Read full review
20
Time OutS. James Snyder
Writer-director Minos Papas channels both David Lynch and Dante’s "Inferno," but Shutterbug lacks the poetry--or precision--of a true phantasmic freak-out. Read full review
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