Skills Like This
Shadow Distribution | Release Date: March 20, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
44
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Mixed or average reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Mixed:
7
Negative:
0
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70
Film ThreatPete Vonder Haar
Skills Like This is not a movie that asks to be taken seriously. Read full review
60
VarietyRonnie Scheib
Likable but lightweight slacker comedy. Read full review
60
The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis
Drawing much of its energy from an eclectic and fully integrated soundtrack, Skills Like This gazes indulgently on 20-something aimlessness and the comfort of assigned roles. In Mr. Miranda's hands sloth can be more appealing than you might think. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleWalter Addiego
This is a slacker comedy with "festival" stamped all over it, so you can bet the consequences will be quirky. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
Skills Like This is never great. But for its first half-hour, it's more fitfully amusing than a movie about a bank-robbing playwright ought to be. Read full review
40
Village VoiceVadim Rizov
Skills thinks it's far more magically whimsical than it really is. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesRobert Abele
Too bad all the forced whimsy of this "Bottle Rocket" wannabe feels maniacally scattershot -- like an off night at an improv club -- rather than organically inspired. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Still, every generation deserves its own coming-of-age cinematic snapshot; if this is that, though, things are tougher than I thought. Read full review
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