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Joe Baltake
Sacramento Bee Movie Critic
The 88-minute movie consists of two stories, one a short-running 26 minutes and the other a featurette clocking in at about an hour. The overall effect is a movie that looks and moves like a standard-size car that has two "doughnut"-type tires on its right side and two tires on its left that look as if they belong on a hulking big rig. ...
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
I think Solondz is not cowardly but brave, and does his bourgeois-mugging in full view, instead of concealing it. We live in a time when many comedies mock middle-class, American suburban life, but Solondz is one director who does it out in the open, to extremes, pushing the envelope, challenging us to decide what we think. ...
Bob Strauss
L.A. Daily News
Todd Solondz, the evil dweeb genius of sensationalism-and-sadism cinema ("Welcome to the Dollhouse," "Happiness"), takes on his critics -- and, rather boldly, himself -- with his latest exercise in calculated offensiveness, "Storytelling." ...
Laura Kelly
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Call it a hollow indictment. Call it inflammatory. Exploitative. Racist and sexist. Unfunny. Tasteless. Dung paraded as art. Fling whatever pejorative you like at Todd Solondz's new film,
"Storytelling." You probably won't miss your mark. ...
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Storytelling
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(2002)
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Overview:
Two-part dark comedy, with separate stories, by controversial filmmaker Todd Solondz, set against the sadly comical terrain of college and high school, past and present. Following the paths of its young hopeful/troubled characters, it explores issues of sex, race, celebrity and exploitation.
Starring:
Selma Blair, Robert Wisdom, Leo Fitzpatrick, Aleksa Palladino, Paul Giamatti, Mark Webber, John Goodman, Noah Fleiss, Julie Hagerty, Lupe Ontiveros, Jonathan Osser, Mike Schank and Franka Potente
Writer-director:
Todd Solondz
Cinematographer:
Frederick Elmes
Composers:
Belle and Sebastian and Nathan Larsson
Studio:
Fine Line
Release Date:
March 1, 2002
MPAA Rating:
(R) - for strong sexual content, language and some drug use
Running Time:
87 minutes
Websites:
Official Site
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