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35 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittLaBute is coming of age as an artist, and his future looks brighter than I ever would have suspected a year ago. Enfant terrible or not, he's starting to become a substantial figure in American film.
- 90L.A. WeeklyL.A. WeeklyDisarmingly funny new film with a doozy of a twist ending... may be his best, cruelest, most vital act of confrontation yet.
- 75Boston GlobeWesley MorrisBoston GlobeWesley MorrisThe cast helps enliven what could otherwise come off as a treatise. All four actors played these roles during the play's off-Broadway run.
- 75ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliWhat starts out as a talky, modern-day re-interpretation of "Pygmalion" (Henry Higgins is explicitly mentioned) turns into something heart-wrenchingly bleak.
- 75Chicago TribuneMark CaroChicago TribuneMark CaroLaBute never loses sight of what shape he wishes this crafty story to take. In the end, his aim is true.
- 63PremiereGlenn KennyPremiereGlenn KennyStrikes me as more of a thesis piece than anything LaBute has put his name to thus far. Its characters don't seem to be people as much as they are stand-ins for ideas.
- 60TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghCombined with the Mamet-lite dialogue, a medley of all-too-deliberate pauses, smug literary allusions and calculatedly careless repetitions of the word "thingie" that obscure the meaning hidden in supposedly meaningless prattle, the result is a chic, vitriolic polemic that's as irritating as it means to be provocative.
- 50New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickDespite an empowered female protagonist, manages in its own way to be as misogynous as "In the Company of Men."
- 30SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirThis might be the edgiest film of the year -- if the year were 1982.
- 30Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonAt best, the movie is a problematic chamber piece; at worst, a misdirected, slightly misanthropic pretension.