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21 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanAndrew Bujalski's considerable gifts begin with his deep appreciation of the miserable, hilarious awkwardness of real life.
- 91The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasBujalski's brand of stylized dialogue sounds genuinely fly-on-the-wall.
- 90VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonIf John Cassavetes had directed a script by Eric Rohmer, the result might have looked and sounded like Mutual Appreciation.
- 90The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisIt's the sort of unassuming discovery that could get lost in a crowd or suffer from too much big love, and while it won't save or change your life, it may make your heart swell. Its aim is modest and true.
- 83Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanIf this is the sound of a new generation, then it may be the first generation cautious enough to embrace friendship as mightier than love.
- 80Chicago ReaderChicago ReaderOne of Bujalski's gifts is his ability to give every part, no matter how big or small, a sense of intelligence and life that extends beyond the frame and running time, and in this his work recalls the best of both Mike Leigh and Richard Linklater.
- 80Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanGently persistent in its ironies, "Funny Ha Ha" managed to be both charmingly lackadaisical and annoyingly smug; Mutual Appreciation, which Bujalski shot in grainy black-and-white in hipster Brooklyn (and is self-distributing), is even more so.
- 80Film ThreatEric CamposFilm ThreatEric CamposAuthentic and hilarious. This film sparks with a natural comic rhythm.
- 75New York PostNew York PostThe indie Mutual Appreciation isn't much more interesting than hanging out with four smart, nice, semi-confused people in their 20s. But that puts it far above the average movie.
- 70New York Magazine (Vulture)New York Magazine (Vulture)That's a knock on Bujalski -- that his characters exist in a vacuum, with few references to popular culture or politics or much of anything, really. Of course, one artist's vacuum is another's poetic distillation, and there's something about Mutual Appreciation (which is shot in an unassuming black and white) that spoke more directly to my inner slacker than any film since, well, "Funny Ha Ha."