Madonna's direction isn't half-bad...too bad she chose a poor script teeming with uninteresting characters
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02/27/09
Filth and Wisdom (2008)
28 %
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Reviews Counted: 54
Fresh: 15
Rotten:39
Average Rating: 4.1/10
Consensus: Filth and Wisdom, while certainly ambitious, is mostly unconvincing and incoherent.
Theatrical Release:Oct 17, 2008 Limited
Synopsis: Madonna's directorial debut, Filth and Wisdom, is a hilariously sexy tale of three roommates who must delve into mischievous and naughty behavior in pursuit of bigger and brighter futures. A... [More]
Starring: Eugene Hutz, Holly Weston, Vicky McClure, Richard E. Grant
Director: Madonna
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11/14/08
Either Madonna failed to successfully guide her movie to a coherent state of mind or she simply has no gift for filmmaking. A case could be made for both, though the latter is an awfully tempting summarization of Filth and Wisdom.
11/13/08
This is a terrible, terrible worthless movie that you shouldn’t give any time to.
11/10/08
I'm confident the material girl has more good material for movies ahead of her.
11/10/08
If this were the first film of a 17-year-old who got a camcorder for his birthday...it could be called a promising first effort.
11/07/08
It's sweeter and sunnier than its material suggests, but not smarter.
11/07/08
Does anyone remember when Madonna was considered shocking?
10/31/08
Top CriticImagine having a philosophical discussion with Madonna. I imagine it would be like having one with any other high school dropout.
10/31/08
At 84 minutes, the movie feels both overpadded and underdeveloped.
10/31/08
Top CriticMadonna's directing debut shows that the megastar did not learn a lot about film craft and creates a routine, occasional amusing debut oeuvre. It should have been a more mature work and it is not.
10/30/08
Message to the director: Don’t quit your day job just yet, but in the category of multidisciplinary artists moonlighting as filmmakers, I’ll take you over Julian Schnabel any day.
10/30/08
There’s no wisdom in this script.
10/30/08
As Bart Simpson once said of NAKED LUNCH, I can think of two things wrong with this title.
10/29/08
Curiosity-seekers may trickle in, but despite the deliberate move to release the flick unrated, there's nothing in here to merit a raised eyebrow.
10/28/08
At 83 minutes, it's tedious, pretentious, and just plain boring. I kept waiting for something to happen, but nothing does.
10/27/08
Nothing in this cynical bit of claptrap feels remotely real.
10/24/08
Top CriticThis is a movie that's just sort of there, and nobody much would have paid any attention to it without the Madonna connection. And chances are nobody much will even with that connection.
10/24/08
Top CriticFor an artist who has spent so much of her career reinventing herself to lead pop culture, not to mention fatten her pocketbook, Madonna seems at her most sincere behind this camera. She coaxes genuine moments from the three principals.
10/24/08
Top CriticMadonna has made a career out of toying with image and ego, but this is a vanity project in the smallest sense possible.
10/24/08
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