Zerophilia
TLA Releasing | Release Date: October 13, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
41
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
4
Negative:
3
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The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis
A novel teenage comedy with an astute understanding of adolescent sexual confusion and the nebulous nature of desire, Zerophilia suggests an elastic view of gender that's alternately gleeful and terrifying. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Oddest-of-the-year romantic comedy. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Anyone who understands the meaning of the title or catches all the frog references scattered through writer-director Martin Curland's feature debut will have a head start understanding this confused and confusing comedy. Read full review
50
VarietyPeter Debruge
Plays like a throwback to such transformative adolescent anxiety romps as "Teen Wolf" and "Just One of the Guys," this time aiming at a slightly less innocent crowd. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
All the nudity in Zerophilia is either prosthetic or body-doubled. Which means the sex scenes--and the feeling and meaning behind them--are just as phony. Read full review
40
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
The gender-bending comedy of Billy Wilder and Blake Edwards gets a teenpic makeover in this 2005 debut feature by Martin Curland. Read full review
30
Village VoiceTim Grierson
A case of provocative issues at the mercy of unskilled execution, Zerophilia is a psychological-horror comedy that pokes its toe into dangerous sexual waters but then scurries away. Read full review
25
New York PostV.A. Musetto
There's plenty of material here for a dark comedy, but director Martin Curland isn't up to the job. His film - like Luke - plods along, unsure of exactly what it's supposed to be. Read full review
25
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
A half-silly, half-earnest indie with the soul of a John Hughes-era sex comedy. Read full review
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