Review of It's Entertainment (2014) by Adam L — 18 Nov 2015

And I thought The Comedy was grimly overwhelming.

This review of It's Entertainment (2014) was written by Adam L on 18 Nov 2015.

It's Entertainment has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for Blu-ray.com (2,093) on 11 Nov 2015

Equally successful as a cult comedy and a non-lethal crowd dispersal weapon…

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By Steve Dollar (16) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 12 Nov 2015

Get with the extreme deadpan tone and long takes, though, and the film feels as brave as it is potentially exasperating…

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By Nguyen Thuy H (133) on 29 Nov 2015

The Comedy must be one of the most original deadpan satire coming out in the last few years, and one would have imagined Rick Alverson aiming…

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By Andy Crump (279) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 12 Nov 2015

Entertainment isn't an easy film to endure, but it is enchantingly noxious. We can't look away…

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By Alexandra Heller-Nicholas (78) for The Blue Lenses (53) on 24 Aug 2018

With Turkington's deft hand, Entertainment methodically deconstructs the world's shallow surfaces…

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By Alenwort T (2) on 10 Dec 2015

A beautiful, poignant, original film that is more unsettling than 95% of horror films…

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By Devin Faraci (498) for Birth.Movies.Death. (774) on 26 Oct 2015

Entertainment is like having your nose rubbed in profound human despair almost two hours. And I liked it…

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By Nick Schager (2,294) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 11 Nov 2015

[Gregg Turkington gives] a magnetic lead turn that, like the rest of the provocative action, is designed to repulse…

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By A.a. Dowd (854) for AV Club (2,778) on 12 Nov 2015

It’s a portrait of the comedy tour as odyssey of madness, a plummet into the abyss…

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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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