This was so dreadful I prayed my fellow critics would start talking through the screening.
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07/29/02
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Full Frontal (2002)
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Reviews Counted:139
Fresh:51
Rotten:88
Average Rating:5.1/10
Consensus: An confusing movie made worse by the poor camera work.
Theatrical Release:Aug 2, 2002 Wide
Box Office: $2,434,705
Synopsis: Director Steven Soderbergh follows up his highly impressive string of big budget smashes (ERIN BROCKOVICH, TRAFFIC, OCEAN'S ELEVEN) with this self-proclaimed "companion piece" to 1989's hugely... [More]
Starring: Julia Roberts, Blair Underwood, Catherine Keener, David Duchovny
Director: Steven Soderbergh
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Reviews for Full Frontal
Audiences are going to be irritated if not simply befuddled by the film, although it is not a movie to be easily dismissed, and certainly not for lack of ideas.
08/02/02
Top CriticWorks because it is unafraid to be so open, rough and unresolved.
08/20/02
What may have been a nice diversion from the norm in Hollywood ends up as dull trip into the lives of ordinary, self-involved Angelenos.
09/03/02
Fraught with character confusion, but ultimately worth the effort.
07/31/02
The cast feels adrift in a sea of improvisation, while the camera pretends an intimacy that is only fitfully rewarded with anything resembling sincerity.
08/01/02
There's a blissful confusion about Full Frontal, the new film by Steven Soderbergh, that you'll either hate or love. There's no in-between here.
08/02/02
The meta-elements never hamper the central appeal of the film, which are the rich and flawed characters who are simply searching for a connection with another human being.
09/06/03
Even those who are used to art house films will likely be underwhelmed by the bareness of Full Frontal's menu.
08/01/02
Top CriticWhen improv is done well, it sheds a unique light on the human condition. When it is done adequately, as it is in Full Frontal, it simply makes you long for a good script and pricey production values.
08/03/02
Top Critica dizzyingly convoluted exploration of sex, art, identity and reality
10/28/03
...most satisfying of all is realizing (Soderbergh) has a sense of humor about himself and knows this movie will be loved by some and loathed by others.
08/02/02
It's not that the film's subject is too 'inside-baseball' to be understood by non-Hollywoodians. It's that there doesn't seem to be much point to the whole thing, other than the usual real/reel gambit.
08/02/02
The artifice involved in moviemaking is driven home in Full Frontal. With a club.
08/02/02
Full Frontal has some fun parts, but the sum of them never adds up to much.
08/22/02
The screenplay by Coleman Hough has an equal mix of humor and humanity as it circles around the busy lives of seven people searching for intimate relationships.
08/08/02
Those hankering for something different will find Full Frontal a tasty trifle.
08/16/02
Soderbergh should be ashamed of himself for trying to pass this off as entertainment.
09/03/02
So claustrophobically masturbatory that it becomes something only an avowed art film crowd can possibly embrace.
08/01/02
It's too self-aware of its own irony. It makes sure the audience knows this and tries to be cute about the whole thing at the expense of its own characters, inviting us to laugh at them.
08/11/02
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February 06, 2002:
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