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By Dave (83) on 12 Jan 2007

One of the worst movies I've seen this year. I really like Hedwig and the Angry Inch, but this film was just too pretentious and over the top for me…

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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 Robt (9) on 22 Dec 2006

This is without a doubt one of the best movies of 2006: it is painfully funny, sad, chock-full-o-sex (which surprisingly neither adds nor takes…

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By Craig (12) on 15 Dec 2006

Quite simply amazing. A worthy successor to Hedwig & The Angy Inch and so much more. It's funny, it's sad, it's poignant…

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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 Impish (1) on 22 Nov 2006

The best movie of 2006. I was tears at the end, tears of sheer joy…

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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 Melaniem. (2) on 03 Nov 2006

I laughed and cried - a great movie about being human…

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By Billys. (177) on 03 Nov 2006

After you've squirmed down in your seat as far as you can during the opening sequence of Shortbus, you realize it's nothing to be embarrassed…

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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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