Sorry, Haters
IFC Films | Release Date: March 1, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
43
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Mixed or average reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
5
Negative:
7
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
So long as Sorry, Haters stays ambiguous and sticks to long, winding conversations between Penn and Kechiche, the movie rolls along and builds momentum. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
A film that begins in intrigue, develops in fascination and ends in a train wreck. It goes spectacularly wrong, and yet it contains such a gripping performance by Robin Wright Penn that it succeeds, in a way, despite itself. Read full review
70
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
A well-acted little thriller of the sort sometimes called a "twisty" -- I wouldn't call it a great movie, but it'll keep you guessing about its characters and it has an intriguing mean streak. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
An audacious, highly contemporary psychological thriller, Sorry,Haters is the kind of audience provoker certain to elicit at least as many haters as admirers. Read full review
60
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
It's all about the performances. Kechiche is reserved and superbly troubled, but Wright Penn, her stardom-crippling reserves of bitterness and bile rising to the surface, is a scary monster in full bloom, and her habitation of this wacky role makes the movie worth its weight in pixels. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
The movie is cross-eyed with fuzzy thinking; it's also an interesting, if wacko, artistic response to world events. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Stanzler's ideas about the psychic legacy of 9/11 are so confused -- that by the time he unveils the final plot twist, his film has lost every shred of credibility. Read full review
40
VarietyRobert Koehler
Penn looks bewildered in a role that simply doesn't track, but Kechiche rises to the occasion. Stanzler's helming, shot blandly in digital vid, amounts to point-and-shoot. Read full review
38
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
A preposterous screwball psychological drama. Read full review
30
The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis
Unfolds with such utter looniness that the horrible final moments are more likely to inspire laughter than shock. Casually insulting our emotions and intelligence, Mr. Stanzler seems to have shaped his film with one goal in mind: to prove that audacity and recklessness are acceptable substitutes for craft and common sense. Needless to say, they're not. Read full review
30
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
This rancidly exploitative movie is redeemed only by canny performances by both leads, as well as Sandra Oh in a supporting role as Phoebe’s friend. Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
"Sorry, viewers" is more like it. Read full review
25
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
So misguided as to be genuinely mystifying, Jeff Stanzler's queasily blended political psychodrama isn't simply a lousy movie. It's also a lousy movie that boldly exploits the events of 9/11. Read full review
25
New York PostV.A. Musetto
Not even Sandra Oh, as Phoebe's boss, and Elodie Bouchez ("The Dreamlife of Angels"), as Ashade's sister-in-law, can keep Sorry, Haters from becoming a sorry mess. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Hartlaub
It's a well-meaning but ultimately feeble and misguided attempt to say something profound about the aftereffects of the 2001 attacks on New York. Read full review
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