Review of You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet (2012) by Mike D'angelo for AV Club — 22 May 2012

Not since Altman went out with A Prairie Home Companion has a director fashioned such a natural swan song.

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This review of You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet (2012) was written by Mike D'angelo and published by AV Club on 22 May 2012.

You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet has generally received mixed reviews.

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