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By Enrique Buchichio (359) for Uruguay Total (359) on 13 Feb 2007

Bajo la piel de una pel%uFFFDcula sexualmente muy expl%uFFFDcita hay un delicado y sensible estudio de personajes, sus relaciones, sus frustraciones,…

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By Michelle Orange (458) for Reeler (63) on 31 Jan 2007

The hallmarks of a true collaboration between the director and his actors are everywhere, and their performances are what raise the film above…

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By Ted Murphy (205) for Murphy's Movie Reviews (147) on 11 Jan 2007

Mitchell worked with his cast to develop the various stories and the improvisatory effort may not have resulted in a Mike Leigh sort of drama…

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By Pablo Villaça (1,590) for Cinema em Cena (1,589) on 30 Dec 2006

Um raro exemplo de produção norte-americana que encara o sexo com maturidade, o filme é um estudo de personagens com sucesso apenas moderado,…

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By Stella Papamichael (611) for BBC.com (1,500) on 30 Nov 2006

Everything comes to a head in a touchy-feely climax (if you catch our drift) where, ironically, it isn't the strong sex but all the singing…

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By Anna Smith (519) for Empire Magazine (3,326) on 29 Nov 2006

A gleefully subversive but over-simplistic rude little indie that's starting to gain cult status…

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By Philip Martin (1,107) for Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (1,391) on 20 Nov 2006

Everybody has a right to pursue what makes them happy, so long as they don't hurt anyone else in the process…

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By Jeremy C. Fox (165) for Pajiba (523) on 20 Nov 2006

Breaking the taboos of movie sex allows [Mitchell] to set them aside and get at a deeper understanding of the ways that sex can connect us…

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By David N. Butterworth (570) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 16 Nov 2006

Another telling example (The Brown Bunny, Anatomy of Hell, Bellocchio's Devil in the Flesh) that hardcore sex seems better suited to hardcore…

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By Carol Cling (198) for Las Vegas Review-Journal (433) on 11 Nov 2006

Despite the movie's matter-of-fact approach to (and depiction of) graphic acts, the point isn't the sex, it's the genuine emotion generated…

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By Sean P. Means (2,056) for Salt Lake Tribune (1,927) on 04 Nov 2006

You know something is amiss when the spiky-haired dominatrix is a more relatable character than the movie's ostensible leading lady…

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By Colin Covert (1,936) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 30 Oct 2006

Wearing its controversy-courting eagerness to shock on its sleeve, the film aims to challenge taboos, but comes up short…

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By Ben Walters (136) for Time Out (7,510) on 27 Oct 2006

Few arthouse directors have put real sex to such narratively constructive and credibly, humorously human use…

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By Matthew Turner (2,508) for ViewLondon (2,339) on 27 Oct 2006

The explicit sexual content may be too extreme for some but this is a thoroughly enjoyable, frequently hilarious romcom that deserves to be seen…

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By Jack Garner (583) for Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (558) on 26 Oct 2006

A movie that's not quite porn enough for the skin-flick fans and not substantial enough for filmgoers who seek a film that somehow combines…

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By Sean O'connell (919) for Charlotte Weekly (185) on 26 Oct 2006

Rises above late-night basic cable trash thanks to the courageous cast and Mitchell's accomplished direction…

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By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 25 Oct 2006

Is this movie just an excuse to film a bunch of people having sex? As far as I'm concerned, yup…

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By Lori Hoffman (553) for Atlantic City Weekly (553) on 25 Oct 2006

in the end it will be remembered for proving that the most important sexual organ is the brain…

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By Kerry Lengel (223) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 25 Oct 2006

A film that's thoughtful and exuberant, achingly sad and wildly funny…

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By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 24 Oct 2006

What makes Shortbus unusual for an American movie is that it isn't frightened of sex, it doesn't reduce the act to insensitive frat boy gyrations,…

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