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Thriller about a scientist whose passion for a female coworker turns into dangerous obsession when she begins to date another colleague. Cast:Alex Karpovsky, Jaime Ray Newman, Dennis Staroselsky, Amanda Good Hennessey, Marianna Bassham, Andrew Horowitz, Sara Murphy, Dakota Shepard, Mary WexlerDirector:Alex KarpovskyRelease Date:February 22, 2013DVD Release: TBD From:Tribeca FilmsLength:1 hr. 27 min.
Rubberneck played in limited release to good not great reviews. • Ty Burr wrote in the Boston Globe, "...a creepy number, half suspense drama and half brooding character study, with a strong dash of local flavor and a low-budget feel." More Reviews Below...
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: VERY GOOD(cg) "...like a homicide thriller directed by Todd Solondz.... The movie is scattershot (intense at some moments, slack at others), but it earns its docu-style creepiness..."(See all of Owen Gleiberman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 202 words, 02/22/13
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (4 Reviews)
Rachel Saltz, New York Times: FAIR "Mr. Karpovsky makes Paul creepy enough... [but] the movie is too limp and lacking in texture to earn the title of thriller. It's dragged down by non-scene after non-scene..."(See all of Rachel Saltz's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 291 words, 02/22/13
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: WEAK(cg) "...works better as an uncomfortable character drama than as a murky family mystery, which Karpovsky deepens with some psychobabble."(See all of Joe Neumaier's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 70 words, 02/22/13
Ernest Hardy, Village Voice: VERY GOOD "It's not an easy thing to keep an audience suspended between sympathy and revulsion for a character... unsettling, tough-minded... recognizably human..."(See all of Ernest Hardy's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 300 words, 02/20/13
KEY CITIES (1 Review)
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...a creepy number, half suspense drama and half brooding character study, with a strong dash of local flavor and a low-budget feel."(See all of Ty Burr's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 577 words, 03/01/13
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (4 Reviews)
Ernest Hardy, Village Voice: VERY GOOD "It's not an easy thing to keep an audience suspended between sympathy and revulsion for a character... unsettling, tough-minded... recognizably human..."(See all of Ernest Hardy's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 300 words, 02/20/13
Peter Keough, Boston Phoenix: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...a disturbing and deceptively subtle psychological thriller... Karpovsky makes his protagonist more sympathetic as he becomes more dehumanized."(See all of Peter Keough's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 376 words, 02/28/13
Scott Tobias, AV Club: MODERATE(cg) "...hinges on a thinly calibrated twist ending that's meant to provide emotional weight to Karpovsky's actions, but instead clarifies them to the point of utter banality."(See all of Scott Tobias's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 376 words, 02/21/13
Jesse Cataldo, Slant: WEAK(cg) "...a tedious, inept thriller which pokes dolefully at the outlines of obsession.... a static loop of cause and effect where the volume keeps getting turned higher and higher..."(See all of Jesse Cataldo's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 591 words, 02/17/13
HIGHBROW PRESS (3 Reviews)
Rachel Saltz, New York Times: FAIR "Mr. Karpovsky makes Paul creepy enough... [but] the movie is too limp and lacking in texture to earn the title of thriller. It's dragged down by non-scene after non-scene..."(See all of Rachel Saltz's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 291 words, 02/22/13
Ian Buckwalter, NPR: FAIR "...a thriller so tightly restrained that it borders on inertia.... the character study is labored.... Both the mystery and the character piece wind up feeling incomplete."(See all of Ian Buckwalter's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 310 words, 02/21/13
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon: GOOD "If the setting is cool, clinical and suburban, the storytelling echoes that approach, giving us plot and character revelation in precisely measured doses."(See all of Andrew O'Hehir's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 732 words, 02/21/13
MOVIE INDUSTRY (3 Reviews)
Ronnie Scheib, Variety: GOOD "...a change-of-pace psychological thriller... seldom surprises, its strengths lying in a leisurely journey toward a clearly predestined denouement."(See all of Ronnie Scheib's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 371 words, 02/21/13
John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter: VERY GOOD "...chilling... marks a solid dramatic turn for a filmmaker best known for playing comedic parts in indie films like 'Tiny Furniture.' "(See all of John DeFore's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 261 words, 04/26/12
Rachel Saltz, New York Times: FAIR "Mr. Karpovsky makes Paul creepy enough... [but] the movie is too limp and lacking in texture to earn the title of thriller. It's dragged down by non-scene after non-scene..."(See all of Rachel Saltz's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 291 words, 02/22/13
19.4 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Rubberneck's reviews are separated by an average 19.4 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.
Rubberneck (13 reviews) Roll over dots for each review
Coverage:Rubberneck's reviews cover 20.6% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 4,648 words involume (average is 20,172 words). Length:The film's reviews average 358 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Reviews Broke 8 Days Before Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Rubberneck's reviews on average broke 8 days before 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 Rubberneck's opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
Rubberneck (13 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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