Review of Lemon (2017) by Lori%20 M — 29 Aug 2017

Scattershot and weird without purpose or drive. C-.

This review of Lemon (2017) was written by Lori%20 M on 29 Aug 2017.

Lemon has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Andrew Crump (271) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 17 Aug 2017

It’s an endurance test where viewers pit their tolerance for naked displays of ugly masculinity against Bravo’s assured directorial chops…

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By Joseph S (1,124) on 24 Aug 2017

A bizarre film-cum-play, Lemon is terrific. The score settles like a mist, providing a weight and depth…

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By Vincent Mancini (369) for FilmDrunk (362) on 14 Aug 2017

I'd love to bottle what Lemon has and sprinkle it on other comedies…

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

Reviewing Lemon feels like taking a sucker’s bet, treating the film with a reverence it never even asks for…

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By Stefano C (730) on 29 Dec 2017

Pretty unusual but not entirely original, Lemon isn't a lemon, it just needed to be sweeter…

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By Asia Frey (149) for Lagniappe (Mobile, AL) (149) on 22 Aug 2018

There are more cringe-inducing touches of grossness than I need, and it undermines the assured writing and character development in service…

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By Matthew B (2,571) on 18 Apr 2018

I've never felt awkward watching a movie…

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By Jessica Kiang (522) for The Playlist (3,871) on 13 Jul 2017

Lemon is too in love with being oddball to really have any connection to the real, non-quirky world…

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By Chuck Bowen (756) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 14 Aug 2017

Self-absorption is Janicza Bravo’s focus, though—as in other smug and mock-ironic comedies—it’s a topic that’s less examined than indulged…

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By Emily Yoshida (237) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 15 Aug 2017

It’s the work of a filmmaker who has been honing her own jarring, idiosyncratic sense of rhythm and character for years…

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