Me, I couldn't wait to get out of there, depressed at co-writer/director Fernando Eimbcke's assertion that life at 14 could really be that dull.
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04/01/06
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Duck Season (2006)
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Reviews Counted:72
Fresh:65
Rotten:7
Average Rating:7.1/10
Consensus: This modest cinematic slice-of-life manages to subtly capture many small but resonant and truthful moments of adolescence.
Theatrical Release:Mar 10, 2006 Limited
Box Office: $141,235
Synopsis: With DUCK SEASON, writer/director Fernando Eimbcke lovingly brings a touching tale to life. Shot in black-and-white and on a minuscule budget, Eimbcke's film is a slice-of-life comedy that takes... [More]
Starring: Enrique Arreola, Diego Catano, Daniel Miranda, Danny Perea
Director: Fernando Eimbcke
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Reviews for Duck Season
Devotes itself to youthful inertia.
04/01/06
Eimbcke makes the most of his enclosed space and eager cast to string together a series of droll vignettes that eventually add up to a satisfying and touching story.
04/01/06
A sly and shifty comedy that slowly peels back its audience's preconceptions about the characters in that tacky little apartment.
03/31/06
I have one word for these kids: Monopoly.
03/30/06
Admittedly a modest piece, but it affords much pleasantly deadpan humor while also touching on deeper emotional currents.
03/27/06
A quiet, loopy gem, Duck Season is a goofball celebration of old friends, new beginnings, adolescent freedom, and baked goods laced with a little something extra.
03/24/06
Not much happens in Duck Season, but it's never dull: Eimbcke, a Spanish filmmaker making his feature debut, finds just the right note with his young actors and fills his film with telling detail.
03/24/06
By the end, we realize that a bit of truth has been uncovered by Eimbcke, a director we'll no doubt be hearing from again.
03/24/06
Top CriticGive Duck Season a chance. Sit on your watch for the first 20 minutes and see what happens. Eimbcke's gentle persuasion will reward your patience for weeks to come.
03/24/06
The spirits of Jim Jarmusch and Kevin Smith hover over this breezy slacker comedy set on a comatose Sunday afternoon.
03/23/06
Fernando Eimbcke's crisp visual sense and ear for comic timing propel the narrative forward with honest energy.
03/22/06
A film so small and understated that it was nearly over before I realized how much I was going to miss these characters once their story had been told.
03/20/06
Top CriticThe stage is set, not quite for action--the delightful, odd ball group never leaves the apartment--but for a little sexual experimentation, serious baking, casual drug use, and the kind of unexpected, meaningful conversation that results in revelation.
03/18/06
The film's calm and witty visual rhythm offers a rueful awareness of time passing and of time wasted, in ways that people tend not to appreciate fully until long after they've wasted it.
03/18/06
Top CriticNot very much really happens in Duck Season, but in its rich details, it remembers how absorbing and endless every single day can seem when you're 14.
03/18/06
Top CriticDuck Season hits every one of its modest marks and then some. It's the kind of movie to send you out looking at strangers on the street with newfound appreciation and something close to love.
03/18/06
The beauty of Duck Season is its insistence that profound human experiences can arrive slowly, in incremental packages, scattered over the course of an average Sunday.
03/17/06
Because this is a character-driven film, the performances must be exemplary and they are.
03/17/06
The film hints at homosexuality, touches on adolescent sexuality, teenage ennui ('There's nothing to do!'), friendship, loneliness and probably a few other themes.
03/17/06
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