Review of Entertainment (2015) by Skyler T — 12 Jun 2015

A beautiful look at the essence of how we consume media. The film looks & sounds spectacular. Rick Alverson is the king of the genre.

This review of Entertainment (2015) was written by Skyler T on 12 Jun 2015.

Entertainment has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Katharris417 (20) on 15 Nov 2015

Entertainment offers some genuine insight into its subject matter…

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By Erik B. A (15) on 07 Dec 2015

When the movie ended, no one in the audience moved a muscle to leave until the last line of the creditsand the last note of the score a was…

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By Nick V (227) on 04 Apr 2016

It's a very David Lynchian stylistic surrealist film with lots of long takes on strange objects or setting and loud, long blank noises like…

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By Casey Jarman (6) for Willamette Week (516) on 03 Dec 2015

The Frankenstein-esque final scenes of Entertainment make it painfully clear: As much as we want to read them as social critique, Rick Alverson…

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By Fabulous H (31) on 04 Dec 2015

So I can't exactly say whether Iiked this or not…

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By Harrison R (132) on 19 Sep 2016

The director ruined this by not letting Greg stay in Neil Hamburger character the whole time. Why the hell did you do that you shithead…

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By John E (845) on 17 Dec 2015

Boring, depressing, waste of time...really…

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By Arlin Golden (28) for Film Inquiry (1,269) on 08 Dec 2016

Though often slowly paced, Entertainment reveals itself as a remarkably dense, if not difficult film that rewards patience and a willingness…

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By John Mcshane (8) for Under the Radar (636) on 02 Mar 2016

Alverson continues to zero in on the most brutal tendencies of contemporary comedy…

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By Scraper (152) on 29 Dec 2016

Aggressively joyless…

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