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Jake Coyle, Associated Press: VERY GOOD (cg) "...an exciting debut... This is a world not too distant from that of a Whit Stillman film or Wes Anderson's 'The Royal Tenenbaums'.... has the feel of a '90s indie, but its quality is better than you'd think." (Read the full review...) 691 words, 11/11/10 Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...a tiny tale of inertia, and it's also the grand triumph of a young artist with a mature trust in her own unique voice." (Read the full review...) 330 words, 11/12/10 Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: VERY GOOD (cg) "An original new voice in film is something rare and worthy of celebration. So let's toast Lena Dunham, the gifted writer-director-star of 'Tiny Furniture,' a low-budget ($25,000) comedy of touching gravity that finds god in the details, and the devil too." (Read the full review...) 501 words, 11/11/10 Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com: VERY GOOD (cg) "Why do I feel such affection for 'Tiny Furniture'? It's a well-crafted film, for one thing. For a first picture, it shows a command of style and purpose; Dunham knows what she wants and how she needs to get it, and succeeds." (Read the full review...) 787 words, 12/09/10
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: GOOD "...at times more pleasurable to think about than it is to watch, more of a conceptual coup than an enjoyable experience.... [But by] playing a version of herself and by closing the distance between art and life, director and lead Lena Dunham has gotten at something real." (Read the full review...) 1,042 words, 11/12/10 Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: VERY GOOD (cg) "As awkwardly endearing as its heroine... should charm anyone who remembers the painful fall from inspired student to befuddled post-grad." (Read the full review...) 137 words, 11/12/10 Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "...a bare mumble of mumblecore musings... What the film does well is capture the confusion of the identity abyss of twenty-somethings of a certain social class." (Read the full review...) 623 words, 11/26/10 V.A. Musetto, New York Post: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...has an abundance of deadpan humor... The actors, mostly nonprofessionals, deliver their lines with understated charm, the pacing is just right and Jody Lee Lipes' cinematography is clear and concise.... one of the year's best." (Read the full review...) 381 words, 11/12/10 Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...a find -- funny and rueful and verbally dexterous, leavening a quippy screenplay with just enough honesty to make it stick.... full, assured and extremely wry." (Read the full review...) 473 words, 12/10/10 Rafer Guzman, New York Newsday: VERY GOOD (cg) "...its vulnerability and honesty carry the day.... a smart, sincere movie with a charming young cast..." (Read the full review...) 304 words, 12/03/10 Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: VERY GOOD (cg) "Why do I feel such affection for 'Tiny Furniture'? It's a well-crafted film, for one thing. For a first picture, it shows a command of style and purpose; Dunham knows what she wants and how she needs to get it, and succeeds." (Read the full review...) 787 words, 12/09/10 J. Hoberman, Village Voice/LA Weekly: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...gets its kick not only for evoking a world of unromantic hookups, casual BJs, and iPhone porn, but for satirizing New York's bourgeois bohemia.... isn't exactly funny-ha-ha, although its tone is consistently droll and, save for the final ba-da-boom, the comic timing works." (Read the full review...) 726 words, 11/10/10
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post: VERY GOOD (cg) "...a film of modest scope but deceptively big ideas. What's more, it announces a promising talent in Dunham, a filmmaker possessed of a refreshingly skeptical voice and a frank, disarming vision." (Read the full review...) 510 words, 12/03/10 Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: OUTSTANDING (cg) "There's a fierce, self-lacerating wit on display... as big and bold as the production is modest and (literally) homemade." (Read the full review...) 460 words, 12/17/10 Peter Hartlaub, Houston Chronicle/San Francisco Chronicle: VERY GOOD (cg) "...will probably be a polarizing film, with audience members walking out on it and declaring it a masterpiece in approximately equal numbers." (Read the full review...) 482 words, 01/07/11 Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...a good looking, smart-mouthed comedy with people who don't look like movie stars. But Dunham's version of 'Reality Bites,' that collision between college expectations and harsh reality, runs out of gas by about the third time she confesses to her increasingly irate mom, 'I'm figuring it out.' " (Read the full review...) 699 words, 01/23/11 Claude Peck, Minneapolis Star-Tribune: OUTSTANDING (cg) "Just when you think 'Tiny Furniture' is of the nothing-happens school of indie-filmdom, something more dramatic happens. Just when you think the slacker lassitude is overdone, there's a lemony streak of touching sincerity..." (Read the full review...) 387 words, 01/28/11 Ty Burr, Boston Globe: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...many of us have been here -- that first flush of post-college terror, remember? -- and Dunham makes it funny and involving before entropy kicks in at the two-thirds mark." (Read the full review...) 619 words, 12/10/10 Clint O'Connor, Cleveland Plain-Dealer: EXCELLENT (cg) "...a thoroughly modern twist on the recent graduate dilemma... not the most polished production, but that's part of its charm.... a winning indie film thanks to Dunham's clever writing and the uber-casual approach of her collection of characters." (Read the full review...) 400 words, 01/07/11 Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times: MODERATE (cg) "...sounds fairly dull, and often it is, filmed in long, static shots that don't add any interest.... isn't really a movie, not yet, but it might be a beginning." (Read the full review...) 398 words, 12/24/10 Shawn Levy, Portland Oregonian: VERY GOOD (cg) "...a marvel: a full-bodied, gorgeously crafted story..." (Read the full review...) 261 words, 12/31/10 Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...arguably the 'Manhattan' of mumblecore, with richer visuals than the nickel-and-dime norm." (Read the full review...) 333 words, 12/10/10 Tom Long, Detroit News: EXCELLENT (cg) "Artful, smart, funny, sad and in its own small way dazzling..." (Read the full review...) 300 words, 12/17/10
J. Hoberman, Village Voice/LA Weekly: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...gets its kick not only for evoking a world of unromantic hookups, casual BJs, and iPhone porn, but for satirizing New York's bourgeois bohemia.... isn't exactly funny-ha-ha, although its tone is consistently droll and, save for the final ba-da-boom, the comic timing works." (Read the full review...) 726 words, 11/10/10 Katey Rich, Cinema Blend: VERY GOOD (cg) "...isn't essential filmmaking -- more like a calling card for a director with years of promising work ahead of her -- but it's surprisingly insightful and funny, an easy watch for indie film fans curious about the next big thing." (Read the full review...) 662 words, 11/18/10 Brett Michel, Boston Phoenix: VERY GOOD (cg) "[A] portrait of post-graduate haze... It may sound hopelessly autobiographical, but Dunham has made an accomplished movie. She's one to watch." (Read the full review...) 150 words, 12/09/10 Noel Murray, AV Club: GOOD (cg) "...a movie that plays like pages ripped at random from a smart screenwriter's notebook, then reproduced verbatim by a cast and crew that doesn't know what the pages are supposed to mean, let alone how to assemble them into what we humans call a 'story.' " (Read the full review...) 335 words, 11/12/10 Andrew Schenker, Slant: WEAK (cg) "...writer-director Lena Dunham attempts to tap into the cultural moment by centering her film on an up-to-the-minute situation -- the paucity of options facing today's recent college grads... feels dispiritingly self-absorbed." (Read the full review...) 694 words, 11/07/10 Curt Holman, Atlanta Creative Loafing: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...proves to be a rickety fabrication even as it marks an impressive debut of a clever filmmaker in her early 20s." (Read the full review...) 651 words, 12/01/10
Bob Mondello, NPR All Things Considered: GOOD "...a story that feels as true to life as you'd expect.... plays like situation comedy, but with an overlay of performance art." (Listen to the full review...) 201 seconds, 11/12/10 Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: OUTSTANDING "Once in a great while a debut feature leaves you blinking in amazement at the bountiful talent.... teems with deft observations and vivid characters." (Read the full review...) 454 words, 11/26/10 Manohla Dargis, New York Times: GOOD "...at times more pleasurable to think about than it is to watch, more of a conceptual coup than an enjoyable experience.... [But by] playing a version of herself and by closing the distance between art and life, director and lead Lena Dunham has gotten at something real." (Read the full review...) 1,042 words, 11/12/10 Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "...a bare mumble of mumblecore musings... What the film does well is capture the confusion of the identity abyss of twenty-somethings of a certain social class." (Read the full review...) 623 words, 11/26/10 Dana Stevens, Slate: GOOD "For a DIY second feature from a very young director, feels surprisingly assured, even elegant. There are those who will accuse it of wildly inconsistent tonal shifts, and it is guilty of some, but I appreciated the way this movie kept upending my expectations." (Read the full review...) 906 words, 11/12/10 Andrew O'Hehir, Salon: VERY GOOD "...a quirky little comedy, not a film that will change your view of reality or anything, but it's funny, wrenching and sharply observed, with a dispassion that suggests a real artist is at work." (Read the full review...) 1,115 words, 11/11/10
Joe Leydon, Daily Variety: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...often feels like a semi-autographical effort by a filmmaker trying to work out issues in her art that she's still confronting in life.... There's a homemovie quality to the pic... But there's also a solid ring of emotional truth in many scenes..." (Read the full review...) 709 words, 03/24/10 Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter: WEAK "How Lena Dunham made her movie is more impressive or at least unique than the actual story she chooses to tell.... like sitting in on someone else's therapy sessions -- too much information about someone you don't know, and the more you learn, the less you want to." (Read the full review...) 693 words, 11/09/10 Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "...a bare mumble of mumblecore musings... What the film does well is capture the confusion of the identity abyss of twenty-somethings of a certain social class." (Read the full review...) 623 words, 11/26/10 Michael T. Dennis, Cinema 24/7: MODERATE (cg) "...ambitious, but fatally flawed... caught between making excuses and satirizing the plight of young adults... Individual elements are strong and easy to admire despite being put to such unsatisfying uses." (Read the full review...) 900 words, 11/05/10 Manohla Dargis, New York Times: GOOD "...at times more pleasurable to think about than it is to watch, more of a conceptual coup than an enjoyable experience.... [But by] playing a version of herself and by closing the distance between art and life, director and lead Lena Dunham has gotten at something real." (Read the full review...) 1,042 words, 11/12/10 Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: OUTSTANDING "Once in a great while a debut feature leaves you blinking in amazement at the bountiful talent.... teems with deft observations and vivid characters." (Read the full review...) 454 words, 11/26/10
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