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By Christopher Bell (6) for The Playlist (3,871) on 08 Nov 2012

It's a meaty film, filled with ideas unobscured by any generic narrative string, a move that shows not only the confidence of the director…

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By Chase Whale (135) for We Got This Covered (2,391) on 08 Nov 2012

An unconventional, unapologetic comedy that's unbelievably entertaining…

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By Scott Tobias (1,684) for AV Club (2,778) on 08 Nov 2012

There's genuine pain at the core of Heidecker's character - or at least a numbness where the pain used to reside - but the film is keen on…

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By David Rooney (943) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 07 Nov 2012

The anomie of entitlement pushed to poisonous extremes is the basis of this provocation, which is as frustrating as it is intriguing…

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By Karina Longworth (242) for Village Voice (8,525) on 07 Nov 2012

There's not a false note in the film, but maybe there's a difference between accuracy and truth…

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By Joseph Jon Lanthier (108) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 04 Nov 2012

Tim Heidecker's Swanson does not amuse us in spite of the pity he inspires but because of it…

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By Justin Chang (1,535) for Variety (12,700) on 04 Nov 2012

For a catalog of aggressively stupid, socially deviant male behavior, Rick Alverson's cheekily titled The Comedy is not without a certain subversive…

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By William Goss (413) for Film.com (1,892) on 23 Oct 2012

A seemingly sincere movie about a deeply ironic and unfulfilled man as he belongs to a culture - hell, maybe even an entire generation - terrified…

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