The Puffy Chair
Red Envelope Entertainment | Release Date: June 2, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
73
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
Positive:
15
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Seattle Post-IntelligencerBill White
Ripe with characters and events reflecting the psychic travails of today's young adults. Read full review
91
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
In a film culture in which contrived tomfoolery and overinflated emotions stifle in their effort to provide comedy and romance, something as light and precise as The Puffy Chair feels like more than an exception; it feels like fresh air. Read full review
90
L.A. WeeklyScott Foundas
The Puffy Chair is the funniest, saddest and most emotionally honest "romantic comedy" to come along in years, even if I've yet to encounter many over the age of about 35 who like the film, or even get it. Read full review
89
Austin ChronicleKimberley Jones
It's all so goddamn realistic and reminiscent of real-life love (and how often does that happen onscreen?) that The Puffy Chair would be hell to watch if it weren't so funny. Read full review
80
Film ThreatDon R. Lewis
The scenes feel real and both Duplass and Aselton do a great job duking it out. The Puffy Chair combines great original comedy and solid acting to make a fun movie. Read full review
80
Washington PostAnn Hornaday
A charming, if limited, romantic comedy that examines post-collegiate angst with easy, unself-conscious humor. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKevin Crust
A pointed and nicely observed screenplay that guides us on an often funny journey through familiar terrain made fresh by their off-center sensibility and three fine performances. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
Under the cover of what seems like a charmingly slapdash style, the Duplass brothers have created a disarmingly shrewd movie. Read full review
75
New York PostV.A. Musetto
Combines a wise script with funky performances, especially by Aselton, who could give Jennifer Aniston a run for her money. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Billed as a dark comedy, brothers Jay and Mark Duplass' shaggy, ultra-low-budget tale of a tense New York-to-Atlanta road trip is more accurately a relationship-hell drama peppered with strangled laughs. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderReece Pendleton
The movie may not amount to much, but the genial tone and exceptionally good performances from the three leads make for a winning debut by the Duplass brothers. Read full review
70
Village VoiceMelissa Levine
Like "Funny Ha Ha," Andrew Bujalski's casually raw 2002 faux–cinema vérité indie about a bunch of shiftless twentysomethings, The Puffy Chair uses simple, unadorned dialogue and intimate, off-the-cuff performances to get at the underlying issues. Read full review
70
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
While it would be accurate to call the film a comedy, the Duplasses are trying to wrestle something closer to Chekhov than to farce out of the lives of these semi-likable, highly recognizable people. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeTy Burr
Ostensibly a road-trip farce, Chair really depicts the highway to man-child hell: The laughs come from the gulf between how mature the characters think they're being and what emotional toddlers they are. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneJessica Reaves
An enjoyable road movie that feels both comfortable and completely fresh. Read full review
50
The New York TimesDana Stevens
Its fidelity to its characters’ view of the world -- although they are presumably college graduates, they seem never to have read a book or expressed an opinion -- is more a liability than a virtue. The Puffy Chair is as modest as their ambitions and as narrow as their curiosity about the world beyond themselves. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
It's a slacker flick, it's a relationship pic, it's a road movie all under the same hood. Read full review
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