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08/13/05
Kicking & Screaming (1995)
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Reviews Counted:30
Fresh:16
Rotten:14
Average Rating:5.5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: A witty, New York-set talk-fest about a group of twentysomethings who, with college degrees and no prospects, lean on each other and a friendly local bartender in their quest for the meaning of life.
Starring: Eric Stoltz, Olivia d'Abo, Chris Eigeman, Josh Hamilton
Director: Noah Baumbach
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04/12/02
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05/20/03
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05/26/06
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07/22/05
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05/13/05
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05/14/05
Baumbach fails to realize that too often movies about boring people are, well, boring.
01/01/00
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10/09/05
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06/24/06
What's on screen is just a little too familiar to be worth lauding.
01/01/00
Top CriticLoses its initial kick and verve and settles down into one long whine.
01/01/00
Baumbach ... pushes his rigorous stance to the extent that you begin to wonder why you're bothering to watch the aimless lives of these four unfold.
02/13/01
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05/13/05
Top CriticAlthough Baumbach's film showed a lot of potential, too much was unrealized for me to be able to recommend it.
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01/01/00
Top CriticKicking And Screaming's familiarity breeds a caustic but definitive contentment that comes with uncloaking the popular twentysomething trend toward guy-bright-but-lite.
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