Review of Affluenza (2014) by Trey B — 02 Jan 2017

Teenage version of The Great Gatsby, sort of boring.

This review of Affluenza (2014) was written by Trey B on 02 Jan 2017.

Affluenza has generally received negative reviews.

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By Abby Garnett (48) for Village Voice (8,525) on 09 Jul 2014

The film is dragged down by its awkwardly paradoxical story, which tries too hard to care too little…

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By Stephan Lee (11) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 02 Dec 2014

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By Sheila O'malley (474) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 10 Jul 2014

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By Joe Neumaier (1,294) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 09 Jul 2014

The movie’s ennui feels like so much posing, and the Bret Easton Ellis-lite characters are monotone…

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By Doris Toumarkine (464) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 09 Jul 2014

Handsome-looking but all-too-familiar drama about wealthy Long Island teens with too much money and time on their hands makes no inroads into…

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By Sheri Linden (962) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 16 Jul 2014

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By Sara Stewart (700) for New York Post (6,650) on 08 Jul 2014

“Gatsby” meets “Gossip Girl” in this outsider-among-the-wealthy story set, like Fitzgerald’s novel, on Long Island…

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By Frank Scheck (1,741) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 21 Jul 2014

Ultimately feels as shallow as the lives of most of its principal characters…

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By Adam M (1,526) on 12 Jul 2014

Good parallels between Fitzgerald's unlikeable characters and these equally unlikeable characters…

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By Ben Kenigsberg (863) for New York Times (5,786) on 09 Jul 2014

Straining to find a correlation, even metaphorical, between teenage hedonism and economic collapse, Affluenza never coheres…

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