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Comedy about an uptight corporate climber who becomes a poet after losing her job and moving in with her wacky new-age therapist sister. Cast:Carol Lee Sirugo, Karen Gorney, Jill Wisoff, Rahad Coulter-Stevenson, Joe GrifasiDirector:Jill WisoffRelease Date:October 16, 2009DVD Release:February 14, 2010From:Fantasy Creature FilmsLength:1 hr. 29 min.
Creating Karma played in Los Angeles to poor reviews. • Luke Thompson wrote in LA Weekly, "...every once in a while, along comes something so aggressively in-your-face awful that you start vehemently giving the screen the finger five minutes into it, and don’t stop till the end credits have mercifully brought the thing to a halt." More Reviews Below...
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (2 Reviews)
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: POOR "They say no one sets out to make a bad movie but after suffering through this atrocious film, I'm not so sure that's true.... emotionally, comically and, yes, karmically out of touch with the real world..."(See all of Gary Goldstein's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 219 words, 10/16/09
Luke Thompson, LA Weekly: POOR "...every once in a while, along comes something so aggressively in-your-face awful that you start vehemently giving the screen the finger five minutes into it, and don't stop till the end credits have mercifully brought the thing to a halt."(See all of Luke Thompson's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 244 words, 10/16/09
KEY CITIES (0 Reviews)
Creating Karma has not been reviewed in Key Cities
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (1 Review)
Luke Thompson, LA Weekly: POOR "...every once in a while, along comes something so aggressively in-your-face awful that you start vehemently giving the screen the finger five minutes into it, and don't stop till the end credits have mercifully brought the thing to a halt."(See all of Luke Thompson's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 244 words, 10/16/09
HIGHBROW PRESS (1 Review)
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: POOR "They say no one sets out to make a bad movie but after suffering through this atrocious film, I'm not so sure that's true.... emotionally, comically and, yes, karmically out of touch with the real world..."(See all of Gary Goldstein's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 219 words, 10/16/09
MOVIE INDUSTRY (2 Reviews)
Andrew Barker, Daily Variety: POOR "...an abrasively unpleasant comedy, whose nauseating visual style and senseless 'Benny Hill'-style editing are perfectly matched for the incompetence of its plotting and the humorlessness of its jokes."(See all of Andrew Barker's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 269 words, 10/19/09
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: POOR "They say no one sets out to make a bad movie but after suffering through this atrocious film, I'm not so sure that's true.... emotionally, comically and, yes, karmically out of touch with the real world..."(See all of Gary Goldstein's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 219 words, 10/16/09
0.0 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Creating Karma's reviews are separated by an average 0 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
Creating Karma (3 reviews) Roll over dots for each review
Coverage:Creating Karma's reviews cover 2.1% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 732 words involume (average is 20,172 words). Length:The film's reviews average 244 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Reviews Broke 1.8 Hours After Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Creating Karma's reviews on average broke 1.8 hours after opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is Creating Karma's opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
Creating Karma (3 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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