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LOSING CONTROL (2012)Movie Reviews
Comedy about a Harvard Ph.D. student whose need to control experiments in the science lab spills over into her love life. Cast:Miranda Kent, Reid Scott, Kathleen Robertson, Lin Shaye, John Billingsley, Bitsie TullochDirector:Valerie WeissRelease Date:March 23, 2012DVD Release:October 9, 2012From:Independent PicturesRating:RLength:1 hr 31 min
Losing Control (2012) played in limited release to weak reviews. • Miles Howard wrote in the Boston Phoenix, "...from its bland cast to the twee Norah Jones-esque soundtrack... offers nothing new. This one should have stayed in a test tube." • And Nicolas Rapold wrote in the New York Times, "There are rare flashes of successful humor..." More Reviews Below...
Losing Control (2012) Positive Reviews (11 Reviews, reviews below)
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (4 Reviews)
Nicolas Rapold, New York Times: FAIR "There are rare flashes of successful humor, as when the film deals with the behavior of jerks and a flustered cabby, but these are not likely to be replicated in the lab."(See all of Nicolas Rapold's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 272 words, 03/22/12
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: FAIR "Weiss stretches both credulity and her abilities in eventually trying to intertwine her workplace and romance plots through a corporate espionage twist..."(See all of Mark Olsen's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 257 words, 04/13/12
Ben Mercer, Village Voice/LA Weekly: WEAK "...ostensibly charming, actually grating.... takes a frenzied late turn into espionage territory, an attempt to gather momentum that only makes the film more tiresome."(See all of Ben Mercer's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 218 words, 03/21/12
KEY CITIES (2 Reviews)
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...nicely mixes comedic absurdity with weightier career vs. commitment themes... Valerie Weiss has a nice sense for the rhythms of comedy..."(See all of Steven Rea's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 257 words, 05/18/12
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: MODERATE(cg) "...a manic hour and a half.... There is something here - the correlation between the lab and love... it could have built into a stranger, darker movie."(See all of Wesley Morris's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 455 words, 04/06/12
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (5 Reviews)
Ben Mercer, Village Voice/LA Weekly: WEAK "...ostensibly charming, actually grating.... takes a frenzied late turn into espionage territory, an attempt to gather momentum that only makes the film more tiresome."(See all of Ben Mercer's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 218 words, 03/21/12
Miles Howard, Boston Phoenix: WEAK(cg) "...from its bland cast to the twee Norah Jones-esque soundtrack... offers nothing new. This one should have stayed in a test tube."(See all of Miles Howard's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 148 words, 04/05/12
Alison Willmore, AV Club: WEAK(cg) "...often leans on musty ethnic humor for its laughs... The film's air of racial anxiety toward China bleeds past the broad into the uncomfortable..."(See all of Alison Willmore's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 425 words, 03/29/12
Calum Marsh, Slant: POOR(cg) "...it's incredible that we get to see autobiographical movies by biophysicists with PhD's from Harvard... a poor approximation of a genre built around artifice and cliché."(See all of Calum Marsh's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 639 words, 03/19/12
HIGHBROW PRESS (2 Reviews)
Nicolas Rapold, New York Times: FAIR "There are rare flashes of successful humor, as when the film deals with the behavior of jerks and a flustered cabby, but these are not likely to be replicated in the lab."(See all of Nicolas Rapold's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 272 words, 03/22/12
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: FAIR "Weiss stretches both credulity and her abilities in eventually trying to intertwine her workplace and romance plots through a corporate espionage twist..."(See all of Mark Olsen's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 257 words, 04/13/12
MOVIE INDUSTRY (4 Reviews)
John Anderson, Daily Variety: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...while it's a thoroughly likable, playful comedy, there's never a sense that Weiss is in total command of the film's tone, pacing or comic content, which is considerable."(See all of John Anderson's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 646 words, 03/23/12
John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter: FAIR "...when Weiss does attempt a gross-out gag, her staging telegraphs it so far in advance we're moving on before anyone gets dirty."(See all of John DeFore's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 371 words, 03/22/12
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: FAIR "Weiss stretches both credulity and her abilities in eventually trying to intertwine her workplace and romance plots through a corporate espionage twist..."(See all of Mark Olsen's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 257 words, 04/13/12
Nicolas Rapold, New York Times: FAIR "There are rare flashes of successful humor, as when the film deals with the behavior of jerks and a flustered cabby, but these are not likely to be replicated in the lab."(See all of Nicolas Rapold's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 272 words, 03/22/12
17.6 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Losing Control (2012)'s reviews are separated by an average 17.6 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.
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Coverage:Losing Control (2012)'s reviews cover 10.8% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 3,906 words involume (average is 20,194 words). Length:The film's reviews average 355 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Reviews Broke 10 Days After Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Losing Control (2012)'s reviews on average broke 10 days 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 Losing Control (2012)'s opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
Losing Control (2012) (11 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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