Paul Verhoeven's Tricked

Name: Paul Verhoeven's Tricked
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: February 26, 2016
Duration: 55 min
Rating: 50

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D Street Releasing | Release Date: February 26, 2016 | Not Rated

Summary: Part behind-the-scenes documentary, part narrative feature, Paul Verhoeven's Tricked is the result of an ambitious experiment in filmmaking. The first section follows director Paul Verhoeven as he navigates the production of a crowd-sourced film. Shooting only four minutes of a prepared script, the remainder is culminated from thousands ofPart behind-the-scenes documentary, part narrative feature, Paul Verhoeven's Tricked is the result of an ambitious experiment in filmmaking. The first section follows director Paul Verhoeven as he navigates the production of a crowd-sourced film. Shooting only four minutes of a prepared script, the remainder is culminated from thousands of submitted pages. In the second section, the finished film unfolds. Verhoeven's initial premise offers the hint of a plot involving a pregnant former mistress and a struggling business, but thanks to the crowd-sourced script the story that develops is anything but predictable. [Kino Lorber]… Expand

Director: Paul Verhoeven

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 55 min

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The Playlist Jessica Kiang

Nov 19, 2013

It’s kind of a blast, with fully enough plot to fill a two-hour feature crammed efficiently into less than half that time in a manner that demands nothing from you except that you enjoy the ride. Read full review

The Film Stage Nick Newman

Feb 24, 2016

One could say I’m more appreciative of its narrative economy than economic narrative, yet the numerous betrayals, bevy of sleazy characters, corporate intrigue, and sexual cat-and-mouse games — all things that could strike one as appreciably light if taken merely as genre tenets played in a soft key — are underwhelming in light of the fact that Verhoeven made all of these iconic decades ago. Read full review

IndieWire Eric Kohn

Feb 25, 2016

Contextualized by the documentary, the movie amounts to an enticing narrative experiment even when it doesn't quite hold together. Read full review

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

Feb 25, 2016

The fundamental problem is that Tricked is more mildly amusing than funny, and most of said amusement comes from the pacing, which is one uninterrupted sprint. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

Feb 26, 2016

As ever, the paradox of Mr. Verhoeven’s style is that it seems to wallow in tastelessness and transgression even as he remains one of the most classical movie craftsmen. Read full review

Jay Weissberg

Nov 19, 2013

Discerning Verhoeven’s hand in it all is difficult, though true to the helmer’s more intimate style, it largely revolves around sex, and has a few fun plot twists. Read full review

Michael Atkinson

Feb 24, 2016

As filmmaking it's drearily anonymous — proof, if we needed it, that writing a screenplay via referendum is not a great idea. Read full review

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