Some Girl(s)
| Release Date: June 28, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
48
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
8
Negative:
2
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
VarietyJoe LeydonJun 10, 2013
Each member of the ensemble offers a vividly detailed performance resounding with emotional truth, delivering lengthy swaths of LaBute’s sometimes savagely furious, sometimes shocking funny dialogue with pitch-perfect degrees of intensity. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloJun 26, 2013
The title’s parenthetical plural sums up the problem with Some Girl(s): Five slow-cook dialogues that reveal the nice-guy protagonist as a super-tool is four too many. Read full review
67
Film.comWilliam GossJun 10, 2013
It’s minor LaBute, but nonetheless short and bittersweet. Read full review
60
The New York TimesStephen HoldenJun 27, 2013
There are a lot of truthful notes in Some Girl(s), but there are also false ones that let you know that you are being played with. You’d best beware. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesAmy NicholsonJun 26, 2013
Like us, the deft and merciless director Daisy von Scherler Mayer ("Party Girl") sides with the girls, and to stack the deck she's hired five tremendous actresses. Read full review
60
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlJun 25, 2013
A final twist stamps this as a companion or corrective to The Shape of Things, this time with the man as the monster. This isn't as bracing as that film, but it's far from the horror show LaBute's detractors often accuse him of writing. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeJun 10, 2013
Director Daisy von Scherler Mayer and a strong cast do right by Neil LaBute's script (based on his play), but the soullessness of the story is a turnoff overpowering the intriguing moments scattered within these one-on-one encounters. Read full review
50
New York PostSara StewartJun 28, 2013
Are Some Girl(s) like this? Yes. But I left this movie with no additional insight on why. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanJun 26, 2013
The things that once made Neil LaBute's movies seem like tossed grenades — the loutish protagonists, the sadism toward women — now come off as more dated than scandalous. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanJun 27, 2013
Bell’s skepticism feels real, and Brody, still best known as “The OC’s” insecure Seth Cohen, is perfect as the sort of arrogantly self-deluded player we’ve all met. Read full review
40
Time OutDavid FearJun 25, 2013
You can probably skip this one and still sleep soundly at night. Read full review
33
The PlaylistRodrigo PerezJun 29, 2013
Acerbic and purposefully vile, LaBute’s story is clearly self-aware of its various cruel manipulations of character and audience, but the formula itself -- taken from his early modus operandi -- is simply becoming more and more rote. Read full review
12
Slant MagazineChris CabinJun 26, 2013
Like most of Neil LaBute's work in the field of "emotional terrorism," the film protests that bad behavior isn't only good, but also essential to art. Read full review
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