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Four Eyed Monsters (2005)

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Average Rating: 7.4/10
Critic Reviews: 5
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 0

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One couple's rocky road toward togetherness is mapped in this comedy drama which melds elements of documentary and fiction. Arin (Arin Crumley) is a struggling independent filmmaker who pays the rent by shooting and editing wedding videos; he loathes the "four-eyed, two-mouthed, eight-limbed" beasts known as couples in love, but he would also prefer to be less lonely than he is. However, Arin is terrified of talking to women, and has a borderline phobia about sexually transmitted disease. On an

Aug 4, 2009

All Critics (10) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (9) | Rotten (2) | DVD (1)

While some audience members will dismiss it as so much navel-gazing, those closer to their 20s should appreciate how the movie speaks to a generation whose most intimate communications routinely come through the Internet.

March 2, 2007 Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | Comment
Detroit Free Press
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This innovative chronicle of a truly modern romance conveys, in a painful, darkly humorous way, a variety of ultra-identifiable truths.

December 1, 2006 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment
New York Times
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Fascinating if overly self-involved Slamdance entry is among the few U.S. pics that deliberately smudges the line between non-fiction and invention.

November 29, 2006 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment
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This diaristic relationship drama by New York video artist Arin Crumley and animator Susan Buice is so playful and imaginative that only at the very end... does its narcissism become off-putting.

November 29, 2006 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comment
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A fresh, witty, and contemporary take on the perennial boy-meets-girl story.

November 28, 2006 Full Review Source: Village Voice | Comment
Village Voice
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Charming homemade movie is a surprisingly successful experiment in collaborative creativity.

February 15, 2007 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | Comment
TV Guide's Movie Guide

A semi-autobiographical docudrama which is the first film to convey the nature of dating since the advent of MySpace.com.

February 2, 2007 Full Review Source: Upstage Magazine | Comment
Upstage Magazine

The movie spends much too much time on Buice and Crumley's pathetic backgrounds and neither actor is up to the demands of the script.

December 13, 2006 Full Review Source: Film Journal International | Comment
Film Journal International

There are some amusing moments, but then the fun wears off and you're left thinking, is that all there is?

December 2, 2006 Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com | Comment

In the realm of modern romantic movies, this one hits all the right spots and it makes it hurt so good.

November 29, 2006 Full Review Source: Film Threat | Comment
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Unique blend of modern romance and technology.

July 2, 2007
wbgoose13

Super Reviewer

I normally love Indie films but this was mediocre. I felt like I watching a home movie that some kids made..

September 5, 2007
clooneyfan

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