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Drama about an aging Brooklyn hipster who tests the limits of acceptable behavior through aimless games with his friends. Cast:Gregory M. Brown, Roxanne Ferris, Neil Hamburger, Tim Heidecker, Angus Hepburn, Jeffrey Jensen, Liza Kate, Grace Kiley, Seth Koen, Rock Kohli, Alice Maziuman, Joe Mele, James Murphy, Liam O'ConnorDirector:Rick AlversonRelease Date:November 9, 2012DVD Release:March 26, 2013From:Tribeca FilmsLength:1 hr 34 min
The Comedy played in key cities to fair reviews. Reviews were mixed. • Omer M. Mozaffar wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times, "The strength of this movie is that we have no idea where it will go. The problem is that we might not care where this film will go." • And Mark Olsen wrote in the Los Angeles Times, "Tim Heidecker brings a startling depth to his performance..." More Reviews Below...
The Comedy Positive Reviews (19 Reviews, reviews below)
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: MODERATE(cg) "...it's all deeply ironic! (Or is it?)... pretends to be a satire of entitlement, but it's made in a style so indulgent that the whole film feels entitled in the extreme."(See all of Owen Gleiberman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 83 words, 11/16/12
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (8 Reviews)
A.O. Scott, New York Times: POOR "If you can discern any critical distance or interesting perspective here, or even a good reason to spend 90 minutes in such company, I'm afraid the joke is on you."(See all of A.O. Scott's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 325 words, 11/16/12
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: WEAK(cg) "Tim Heidecker perfectly embodies noxious entitlement, but is that enough? Rick Alverson makes his point immediately, and then dares us to stick around."(See all of Elizabeth Weitzman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 185 words, 11/16/12
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "...part of a recent spate of indie films that might be loosely referred to as Cinema of Annoyance... Tim Heidecker brings a startling depth to his performance..."(See all of Mark Olsen's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 223 words, 11/09/12
Kyle Smith, New York Post: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "Picture 'Raging Bull' with a sleazy prep from the Brooklyn hipsteropolis of Williamsburg... a character study that tries to make the revolting compelling."(See all of Kyle Smith's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 178 words, 11/16/12
Omer M. Mozaffar, Chicago Sun-Times: VERY GOOD(cg) "The strength of this movie is that we have no idea where it will go. The problem is that we might not care where this film will go."(See all of Omer M. Mozaffar's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 536 words, 11/23/12
Karina Longworth, Village Voice/LA Weekly: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "I wonder if decades from now, the film might function as a sincere snapshot -- its intended satire might be too dry, too implied, to survive the passage of time."(See all of Karina Longworth's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 596 words, 11/07/12
KEY CITIES (5 Reviews)
Barbara VanDenburgh, Arizona Republic: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "The film has chutzpah to be so purposefully alienating. You have to respect how uncompromising it is, but you don't have to like it -- and you probably won't."(See all of Barbara VanDenburgh's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 348 words, 11/30/12
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...the film thrives on unalloyed contradiction: unfunny funniness, innocent guilt, self-conscious obliviousness, feel-good racism."(See all of Wesley Morris's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 719 words, 12/07/12
David Lewis, San Francisco Chronicle: POOR(cg) "Hoping to be provocative, the movie dares us to sit through Swanson's boorish antics. But in the end, it doesn't elicit outrage. Just yawns."(See all of David Lewis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 268 words, 11/23/12
Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times: POOR(cg) "...starts out with a group of drunken, anonymous men pouring beer down each other's underpants, and it goes downhill from there. You have been warned."(See all of Moira Macdonald's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 300 words, 12/07/12
Marc Mohan, Portland Oregonian: EXCELLENT(cg) "...a lacerating portrait of the sort of narcissistic self-loathing that has kept educated, economically comfortable young people from achieving their true potential..."(See all of Marc Mohan's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 277 words, 01/25/13
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (5 Reviews)
Karina Longworth, Village Voice/LA Weekly: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "I wonder if decades from now, the film might function as a sincere snapshot -- its intended satire might be too dry, too implied, to survive the passage of time."(See all of Karina Longworth's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 596 words, 11/07/12
Gerald Peary, Boston Phoenix: WEAK(cg) "...a relentlessly aimless, abrasive stab at black humor.... Heidecker is given little to do here except move his butt and beer gut from one torpid scene to the next..."(See all of Gerald Peary's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 118 words, 12/06/12
Scott Tobias, AV Club: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...a prickly examination/example of disaffected Brooklyn hipsterdom... few films have better articulated the limits of irony as a force field against the world."(See all of Scott Tobias's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 431 words, 11/08/12
Joseph Jon Lanthier, Slant: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...undoubtedly appropriates the meta-narrative of choice for many American independent films of the last five years about post-graduate, pre-career adults..."(See all of Joseph Jon Lanthier's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 834 words, 11/04/12
HIGHBROW PRESS (2 Reviews)
A.O. Scott, New York Times: POOR "If you can discern any critical distance or interesting perspective here, or even a good reason to spend 90 minutes in such company, I'm afraid the joke is on you."(See all of A.O. Scott's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 325 words, 11/16/12
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "...part of a recent spate of indie films that might be loosely referred to as Cinema of Annoyance... Tim Heidecker brings a startling depth to his performance..."(See all of Mark Olsen's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 223 words, 11/09/12
MOVIE INDUSTRY (4 Reviews)
Justin Chang, Daily Variety: MODERATE "...for some, the film's critical view of its subject may not be enough to compensate for the displeasure of his company... A level of monotony does creep in..."(See all of Justin Chang's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 693 words, 01/23/12
David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter: MODERATE "...as frustrating as it is intriguing. And the degree to which audience members find the characters pitiable or contemptible, relatable or repugnant is its big question."(See all of David Rooney's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 771 words, 01/22/12
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "...part of a recent spate of indie films that might be loosely referred to as Cinema of Annoyance... Tim Heidecker brings a startling depth to his performance..."(See all of Mark Olsen's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 223 words, 11/09/12
A.O. Scott, New York Times: POOR "If you can discern any critical distance or interesting perspective here, or even a good reason to spend 90 minutes in such company, I'm afraid the joke is on you."(See all of A.O. Scott's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 325 words, 11/16/12
28.8 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
The Comedy's reviews are separated by an average 28.8 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.
The Comedy (19 reviews) Roll over dots for each review
Coverage:The Comedy's reviews cover 23.2% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 7,376 words involume (average is 20,194 words). Length:The film's reviews average 388 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
The Comedy Coverage, Volume & Length (19 Reviews, reviews below)
Reviews Broke 57.9 Hours Before Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
The Comedy's reviews on average broke 57.9 hours 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 The Comedy's opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
The Comedy (19 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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