The Trotsky
Tribeca Films | Release Date: May 5, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 4 Critic Reviews
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Boxoffice MagazinePam Grady
The director's biggest stroke of genius was casting Baruchel. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Stephen Cole
The Trotsky goes down easily and, for what it’s worth, is better mannered than most contemporary youth comedies. Read full review
60
VarietyAlissa Simon
Both cartoonish and cerebral, and studded with in-jokes referencing multicultural life in "la belle ville" and classic cinema, the colorful pic stretches its premise a bit thin over nearly two hours. Read full review
40
The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis
The Trotsky runs 20 minutes too long and several rungs above the head of its target audience. And though Mr. Baruchel can be very funny in small doses -- a slacker sidekick in “Knocked Up,” a gung-ho kid in “Tropic Thunder” -- here he swiftly becomes insufferable, a neurotic nudnik in funeral director attire and John Turturro hairdo. Read full review
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