Imagine having a philosophical discussion with Madonna. I imagine it would be like having one with any other high school dropout.
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10/31/08
Filth and Wisdom (2008)
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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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Reviews for Filth and Wisdom
Taken as an argument for better living through hedonism, 'Filth and Wisdom' is unconvincing. In the end, it begs the question posed by a pop sensation of a different era: Is that all there is?
10/23/08
Madonna, making her directorial debut, aims for the romping irreverence of Richard Lester's 60s comedies, and though she lacks the formal control to pull it off, this is a charming mess.
10/23/08
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11/14/08
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
I sort of liked it.
10/17/08
Top CriticIn technical terms, more professional productions than this are filmed and cut on iMovie, by ten-year-olds, a thousand times a day.
10/13/08
At 83 minutes, it's tedious, pretentious, and just plain boring. I kept waiting for something to happen, but nothing does.
10/27/08
I'm confident the material girl has more good material for movies ahead of her.
11/10/08
This is a terrible, terrible worthless movie that you shouldn’t give any time to.
11/10/08
A grungy ensemble piece that casts a fascinating spell despite its many shortcomings, Madonna's directorial debut Filth and Wisdom is equal parts naughty and nice (or filthy and wise, as the title would have it).
03/01/08
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
Filth and Wisdom is pretentious and structurally flawed, never truly coming together as a coherent work.
10/17/08
Fans of Eugene Holtz may get a brief charge from his Ukrainian-inflected irony that saturates every word he utters, but all others should beware of giving this sloppy film the time of day.
08/30/08
Scraggly and aimless, a little cartoonish but highly personable.
10/11/08
Most of it seems like pointless goofing around, offering lots of filth and very little semblance of wisdom.
10/17/08
Madonna's direction isn't half-bad...too bad she chose a poor script teeming with uninteresting characters
02/27/09
For there to be balance in the universe, good movies must alternate with bad ones. This is obviously one of the latter.
10/23/08
Bad, but not in any way that's uncommon for an indie film about struggling artists in the big city.
10/16/08
Despite its many shortcomings and an ending so mushy and neat it would embarrass Richard Curtis, Madonna has done herself proud.
10/18/08
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