Stress Positions
Neon | Release Date: April 19, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
62
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Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
IndieWireRyan LattanzioJan 23, 2024
In its wryly amusing self-awareness at all turns, the film actively and relentlessly lampoons the very language and gesturing we all affect in trying to broach the political maelstrom of identity politics. Read full review
80
The New York TimesLisa KennedyMay 1, 2024
With shimmer, shadow and verve, Stress Positions . . . captures the often hallucinatory pandemonium wrought by that “long-ago” moment. Read full review
80
VarietyMurtada ElfadlJan 23, 2024
In real life, anyone would hate to spend even a few minutes in their company. Yet in Hammel’s hands, they become easy to enjoy and laugh at while completely understanding their full awful personalities. Read full review
75
Paste MagazineKatarina DocalovichApr 12, 2024
Going against the grain of a cultural landscape desperate to pretend like the COVID-19 pandemic never happened, Hammel dives headfirst into her exploration of the specific ways the universal experience of lockdown drove us all insane. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineSteven ScaifeJan 29, 2024
The film is an insightful look at modern discontent and the pandemonium that it breeds. Read full review
70
ColliderChase HutchinsonApr 21, 2024
Even when it can risk falling into being a little repetitive and dulling its impact, it will swerve in just the right way to keep you on your toes. Read full review
67
ConsequenceClint WorthingtonJan 29, 2024
Amid Hammel’s acid-tongued approach and jaundiced eye, there’s a lot of intriguing potential; after all, cinema that imperfectly confronts is oftentimes more interesting than comfortable competence. Read full review
67
The PlaylistGregory EllwoodJan 23, 2024
Hammel has talent and something to say that’s worth paying attention to. There’s a spark of something there, eventually. It’s a little messy, but it’s definitely there. It also just might take a while before you want to hear it. Read full review
60
Wall Street JournalZachary BarnesApr 18, 2024
The movie has its funny moments, and even some halfway-poignant ones, but it occasionally gives one the feeling of watching a bawdy New York-set sitcom and listening to a segment of “This American Life” at the same time. Read full review
60
Screen RantGraeme GuttmannFeb 2, 2024
It's unclear if Stress Positions has arrived "too soon" but its proximity to the pandemic doesn't make it any less hysterical, even if it's hollow in other areas. Read full review
58
The Film StageLena WilsonJan 29, 2024
Its scrappiness is what brings the charm à la the early work of Madeleine Olnek. Random attempts at depth detract from the final product rather than add to it. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiApr 19, 2024
This is funny to a point, but the problem with “Stress Positions” is that said point arrives about halfway through. The runtime that remains gets overloaded with too many plot threads, characters, and repeated punchlines, Hammel essentially turning the proceedings into a failed exercise in Blake Edwards-style farce. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyJan 23, 2024
While Hammel might be aiming for an ensemble comedy, Stress Positions lacks focus; the director can’t seem to decide who should be the heart of her shapeless narrative, a feeling compounded by dueling voiceovers. Read full review
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