Spread
Anchor Bay Films | Release Date: August 14, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
8
Negative:
3
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70
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
Mackenzie delivers that story as a blend of sex comedy, dark satire, and morality tale that recalls various aspects of "Shampoo" and "Less Than Zero" and "The Graduate," but has a couple of nifty surprises and a poisonous sting in its tail that's all its own. Read full review
63
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Props to Kutcher for going to surprising, painful places. There's something haunted in his portrayal that hits hard and sticks. Read full review
60
Film ThreatScott Knopf
Kutcher gives a surprisingly proficient performance as does Heche who is the shining star of the film. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
The whole movie is pat -- very pleased with itself for being so up front about the ways of a 21st-century man-whore. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)James Bradshaw
One of the best things about this film is that ultimately nobody in it is attractive. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesGlenn Whipp
If only Spread were half as entertaining as a Van Halen video. Read full review
50
The New York TimesStephen Holden
More skin is shown in Spread than in most Hollywood movies. But despite twitches of insight into its characters and their world, Spread refuses go more than skin deep. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterJames Greenberg
It comes off as an unpleasant, unrealistic morality tale. Loaded with music and pretty bodies, the film has a chance to lasso a young, indiscriminate audience of Kutcher fans. Read full review
40
VarietyTodd McCarthy
With "Shampoo" and "American Gigolo" now distant memories, the time evidently seemed ripe for another Hollywood stud movie. Despite Ashton Kutcher’s believability as an older woman’s kept boy, Spread isn’t a patch on those previous films. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Although Kutcher deserves some ­credit for trying to spread his professional wings, it quickly becomes clear that he's in over his head. Read full review
25
New York PostLou Lumenick
A witless homage to "Shampoo" and "American Gigolo" that's brain-dead on arrival. Read full review
20
Village VoiceMelissa Anderson
Spread becomes a sloggy, tepid comeuppance tale. Read full review
20
Time OutStephen Garrett
Lamely tries to update "Breakfast at Tiffany’s" for the Twitter set. Too bad Truman Capote’s not around for rewrites. Read full review
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