Review of Lemon (2017) by Dana T — 17 Oct 2017

Certain qualities here, made me really want to like this one. But by the time it was through - I was shit out of luck.

This review of Lemon (2017) was written by Dana T on 17 Oct 2017.

Lemon has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Ben Kenigsberg (863) for The New York Times (9,847) on 23 Aug 2017

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By Graham Fuller (154) for Culture Trip (49) on 06 Sep 2017

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It never stops feeling like a strained in-joke, with dialogue made up of relentless non-sequiturs and a cast full of familiar faces from cable TV…

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By Abbey Bender (99) for Village Voice (8,525) on 23 Aug 2017

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By Freddy D (9) on 19 Aug 2017

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