The Do-Deca-Pentathlon
Red Flag Releasing (RFR) | Release Date: July 6, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
4
Negative:
2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
The New York TimesStephen HoldenJul 5, 2012
The most gripping scene in this near-perfect little sports comedy is a fraternal arm-wrestling contest that reaches apoplectic intensity. Read full review
83
Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumJul 4, 2012
These movie guys specialize in snapping vignettes of human inconsistency - no fancy lighting required. Read full review
80
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzJul 7, 2012
The Do-Deca-Pentathlon is an odd little movie about an odd family who reacts to situations in odd ways. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertJul 4, 2012
It shares one annoying practice with their other early films: They like to use distracting little zooms in and out for no reason at all, except possibly to remind us the film is being shot with a camera. Read full review
70
TimeMary PolsJul 5, 2012
It may be minimalist, but it isn't minor. Read full review
70
Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonJul 3, 2012
Uncompromising in its way, the film's portrait of codependent compulsion is so organically conceived, you start to smell the sulfur of traumatized childhood, no exposition needed. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeJul 2, 2012
Inevitable or not, it's fun watching two middle-aged lunkheads reverting to adolescent competitiveness, and the fun is compounded by secrecy. Read full review
70
VarietyPeter DebrugeJul 2, 2012
A delightfully scrappy backburner passion project from Jay and Mark Duplass. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubScott TobiasJul 4, 2012
Its insights are modest, but modesty is a virtue for a low-key comedy this doggedly unpretentious. Read full review
55
MovielineMichelle OrangeJul 5, 2012
The latest from brothers Mark and Jay Duplass (who co-wrote and directed) seems to expose the limits of a certain kind of realism by stretching them one man-child too far. Read full review
40
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottJul 28, 2012
What the Duplasses end up with is a film that is amusing at times, a touch repetitive at others, but one that never quite shakes the feeling that it is something of an unfinished thought. And perhaps something they've also grown beyond. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenJul 4, 2012
The problem, ultimately, is that little of this is of any real interest. The brothers' bickering can be amusing at times but even at 76 minutes, the movie feels repetitive and overly long. Read full review
40
Time OutDavid FearJul 3, 2012
They're not doing themselves any favors by letting this oldie out of the vault. Read full review
25
New York PostKyle SmithJul 6, 2012
A decent idea for an episode of "Everybody Loves Raymond," The Do-Deca-Pentathlon falls short as a movie. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineAndrew SchenkerJul 2, 2012
In Jay and Mark Duplass's film, the fragile middle-aged male ego is indulged, massaged, and, finally, critiqued. Read full review
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