There's Always Vanilla
Cambist Films | Release Date: February 11, 1972 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
48
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Mixed or average reviews based on 4 Critic Reviews
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Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
One of the few Romero films written by someone else (Rudolph J. Ricci), it has a good eye for the kind of unglamorous middle-class life seldom seen in American movies. Read full review
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Slant MagazineEric Henderson
Unfortunately, the haphazard, showy cross-cutting between Laine’s to-the-camera narration and the flashbacks (sometimes to scenes he couldn’t possibly recollect) do little to hide the fact that Romero, like his aimless protagonist, seemingly couldn’t care less. Read full review
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Austin ChronicleStaff (Not Credited)
This sophomore effort (his first feature after Night of the Living Dead) is difficult and often exasperating, but worth watching nonetheless. It's kind of a quasi-existentialist counterculture love story, rife with bad rock music and hipster dialogue. Read full review
25
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
By Romero's own admission the film was a disaster and shouldn't have been made at all. It is quite obvious the director's heart just wasn't in it. Read full review
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