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Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: VERY GOOD "An object lesson on the importance of structure -- the film took less than three weeks to shoot but 18 months to edit -- this gleeful takedown of smug suburban marrieds casts a fearlessly original eye on the things we do for love." (Read the full review...) 262 words, 11/18/11 Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: WEAK (cg) "Writer-director James Westby's low-budget comedy-drama would be worth skipping for its cheap look, but then you'd miss a great performance by Katie O'Grady and a really juicy idea." (Read the full review...) 130 words, 11/18/11 Steven Zeitchik, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "...with its quick-shuffle edits and exaggerated depictions of the social misfits and the popular kids, 'Rid of Me' is as much a parable about fitting in as it is a piece of emotional realism." (Read the full review...) 324 words, 04/23/11 Lou Lumenick, New York Post: MODERATE (cg) " 'Carrie' it's not.... Katie O'Grady is very good, but she can't make the hard-to-watch 'Rid of Me' dramatically credible." (Read the full review...) 144 words, 11/18/11 Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice: POOR "A movie whose first five minutes contain a woman having menstrual blood rubbed on her face in a grocery store, a sub-Terrence Malick whispery voiceover, and sex initiated with the words 'Wanna hump?' is unlikely to leave one indifferent." (Read the full review...) 172 words, 11/16/11
Shawn Levy, Portland Oregonian: GOOD (cg) "The spirit is undeniable, but despite the traumas of Meris's story, the film never accumulates a genuine depth of feeling. Katie O'Grady is miraculous, but 'Rid of Me' is more ordinary stuff." (Read the full review...) 293 words, 12/16/11
Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice: POOR "A movie whose first five minutes contain a woman having menstrual blood rubbed on her face in a grocery store, a sub-Terrence Malick whispery voiceover, and sex initiated with the words 'Wanna hump?' is unlikely to leave one indifferent." (Read the full review...) 172 words, 11/16/11 Alison Willmore, Movieline: VERY GOOD (cg) "...a bittersweet ode to downward mobility and letting go that's a throwback to a time when slackerdom was more of a lifestyle choice than something forced upon you by grim economic realities." (Read the full review...) 815 words, 11/17/11 Andrew Schenker, Slant: POOR (cg) "At once hopelessly amateurish and given to desperate assertions of auterist 'virtuosity'... seems as lost as its perpetually confused and gratingly childlike protagonist." (Read the full review...) 475 words, 11/13/11
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: VERY GOOD "An object lesson on the importance of structure -- the film took less than three weeks to shoot but 18 months to edit -- this gleeful takedown of smug suburban marrieds casts a fearlessly original eye on the things we do for love." (Read the full review...) 262 words, 11/18/11 Steven Zeitchik, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "...with its quick-shuffle edits and exaggerated depictions of the social misfits and the popular kids, 'Rid of Me' is as much a parable about fitting in as it is a piece of emotional realism." (Read the full review...) 324 words, 04/23/11
John Anderson, Daily Variety: OUTSTANDING "Bracingly original, alarming and droll... righteously ribald... should prove a breakthrough for helmer James Westby and his producer and leading lady, Katie O'Grady." (Read the full review...) 524 words, 04/23/11 John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter: POOR "Unconvincing tale of self-empowerment has attitude and anxiety but nothing underneath.... A black comedy that comes off simply as dark." (Read the full review...) 371 words, 11/17/11 Steven Zeitchik, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "...with its quick-shuffle edits and exaggerated depictions of the social misfits and the popular kids, 'Rid of Me' is as much a parable about fitting in as it is a piece of emotional realism." (Read the full review...) 324 words, 04/23/11 Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: VERY GOOD "An object lesson on the importance of structure -- the film took less than three weeks to shoot but 18 months to edit -- this gleeful takedown of smug suburban marrieds casts a fearlessly original eye on the things we do for love." (Read the full review...) 262 words, 11/18/11
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