The Duplass brothers have created three characters of amazing emotional richness; each feels as if he or she existed before the movie started and will live on after it ends.
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The Puffy Chair (2006)
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Reviews Counted:51
Fresh:39
Rotten:12
Average Rating:6.8/10
Consensus: First-timer Duplass offers a realistic and thoughtful romantic comedy.
Theatrical Release:Jun 2, 2006 Limited
Box Office: $26,029
Synopsis: Josh likes to be on time. He likes to save money. And he likes to dominate the small things in his world. Rhett likes to film lizards in the bushes outside his apartment and talk at length about... [More]
Director: Jay Duplass
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Reviews for The Puffy Chair
Jay Duplass' "The Puffy Chair" is proof that you don't need a lot of money to make a good film, just as long as you have an intelligent and sharp script combined with some convincing performances.
12/13/06
Actually has a light tone and a few fine comedic moments.
03/01/07
The sly ultra-low-budget film The Puffy Chair fits right in with recent news reports about college graduates refusing to grow up already.
06/02/06
Top Critic[Not] very amusing--its stabs at humor are low-key to a fault, and too sporadic--but it is mostly truthful about yuppie love, and that's something.
05/31/06
Uses Cassavetes' laconic, loquacious love stories as a template.
08/27/06
the Duplass brothers have achieved the naturalism of Andrew Bujalski's "Funny Ha Ha" twentysomethings and the quirkiness of Tom DiCillo's road trip, "Box of Moonlight" all wrapped in a technically impressive package.
05/28/06
It captures the nuances and rhythms of messy real-life relationships dead-on.
09/07/06
Top CriticWhat feels like meandering in the moment builds to a genuine emotional attachment to the characters.
07/07/06
Top CriticSome cherishable comic moments.
04/27/07
[A] smart and painfully funny debut feature by filmmaker brothers Jay and Mark Duplass.
09/10/05
Top CriticIt is a sad affair, if only because this movie starts with a certain amount of promise that is destined to remain unfulfilled.
06/24/06
Josh Duplass has to be given credit. There are not many screenwriters-actors who would emphasize their character's flaws to such an extent.
06/01/06
Too soon, the stuff that seemed charmingly idiosyncratic turns annoyingly odd and then just plain annoying.
12/08/06
Top CriticA glorified home movie pretending to be an indie flick.
06/27/06
rare is the film where a cut scene will make you like it even more.
02/05/07
Puffy Chair has real-sounding dialogue and a shaggy quality that works in its favor because it makes the outcome unexpected.
09/07/06
A charming, if limited, romantic comedy that examines post-collegiate angst with easy, unself-conscious humor.
06/02/06
Top Criticcharacters simply don't have anything particularly interesting to say to each other or do together
02/06/07
A near-perfect relationship-trauma comedy. It’s ragged in all the right ways, just like the way we love and wake up to the realization that that love has gone sour.
06/24/06
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