I Heart Huckabees (2004)
Average Rating: 6.3/10
Reviews Counted: 186
Fresh: 115 | Rotten: 71
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Average Rating: 5.6/10
Critic Reviews: 44
Fresh: 22 | Rotten: 22
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Five years after achieving commercial and critical success with his film Three Kings, director and screenwriter David O. Russell returns to the more idiosyncratic territory of his earlier work with this intelligent and offbeat comedy. Bernard and Vivian Jaffe (Dustin Hoffman and Lily Tomlin) are a married couple who run an existential detective agency where they sift through the lives of their clients in order to discover the source of their angst. The Jaffes' latest client is Albert Markovski
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Cast
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Jason Schwartzman
Albert Markovski -
Isabelle Huppert
Caterine Vauban -
Dustin Hoffman
Bernard Jaffe -
Lily Tomlin
Vivian Jaffe -
Jude Law
Brad Stand -
Mark Wahlberg
Tommy Corn -
Naomi Watts
Dawn Campbell -
Angela M. Grillo
Angela Franco -
Kevin Dunn
Marty -
Denis Hayes
Orrin Spence -
Tippi Hedren
Mary Jane Hutchinson -
John Rothman
Corporate Board -
Talia Shire
Mrs. Silver -
Jean Smart
Mrs. Hooten -
Keith Barrett
Maitre'd -
Janet Grillo
Boy's Mother -
Robert Lambert
Daryl -
George Meyer
Formal Couple -
Bob Gunton
Mr. Silver -
Kamala Lopez-Dawson
Molly Corn -
Said Taghmaoui
Translator -
Shawn Michael Patrick
Fireman -
Shania Twain
Herself -
Patrick Walsh
Fireman -
Altagracia Guzman
Mrs. Echevarria -
Isla Fisher
Heather -
Maria Semple
Formal Couple -
Richard Appel
Josh -
Jake Muxworthy
Tim -
Ger Duany
Mr. Nimieri -
Darlene Hunt
Darlene -
Benny Hernandez
Davy -
Jake Hoffman
Valet -
Benjamin Nurick
Harrison -
Pablo Davanzo
Bobby -
Matthew Muzio
Construction Worker -
Ashley A. Fondrevay
Frosh Girl -
Lisa Guzman
Frosh Girl -
Scott Wannberg
Bik Schottinger -
Sydney Zarp
Cricket -
Jonah Hill
Bret -
Matthew Grillo-Russell
Boy at Mancala Hour -
Adam Clinton
Security Guard -
Antonio Evans
Security Guard -
Kimberly Cutter
Corporate Board -
Saige Ryan Campbell
Caitlin Corn -
Kaied Hussan
Turkish Man -
Chuck Saftler
Dexicorp Attorney -
James J. Mccoy
Medic -
Jerry Schumacher
Corporate Man -
Julie Ann Johnson
Lady in Gown -
Jeannie Epper-Kimack
Lady in Gown
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All Critics (190) | Top Critics (44) | Fresh (124) | Rotten (72) | DVD (38)
This feverish state-of-the-split-nation address finds Russell tossing everything that matters -- and more -- into the pot, and producing a pretty indigestible and very messy stew.
Top CriticA rewarding- frustrating smart-silly comedy of pretentious- modest ambitions.
Don't think about this loony metaphysical comedy too much. Just go with it and, chances are, you'll get it.
Russell is obviously working out his considerable angst ... but in an admirable attempt to opt for a manic, stream of consciousness energy, he ends up annoying his audience instead.
So willfully, smugly eccentric that it grows tiresome rather quickly.
Adventurous, challenging and filled with small moments of delight. Unfortunately, it's also self-indulgent, repetitious and the sort of movie you wish was great but isn't.
Brilliant existential comedy for adults only.
Russell directs an excellent cast in a thought provoking existential comedy that is very funny and very well acted.
I have no idea what the film is really all about, but this top line cast makes it so much fun, it doesn't seem to matter.
Metaphysics, madness and Mancala meet in this fun, fresh and overtly philosophical tale about, well, all kinds of things, really.
If you're up for it, you'll discover a fresh, funny little romp unafraid to tackle the biggest issues of all.
Despite an outstanding cast of actors and some funny moments, I never cared enough to believe that this movie was anything other than pretentious; the kind of movie they might show in Philosophy 101 classes.
Maddeningly uneven but mildly amusing.
Si vous êtes prêt à suivre à votre maximum d'attention une comédie qui ne semble pas faire beaucoup de sens, vous risquez [...] de vous y retrouver.
I ♥ Huckabees might be too smart for its own good, but that also seems to be the point. Russell extols liberal activism while deflating its self-importance...
A high-concept, high-minded piece of pseudointellectual trash, "I Heart Huckabees" is one of those stink bombs the intelligentsia like to champion.
Those foolish enough to try to figure out what it might actually all mean are doomed to failure and may indeed be the butt of Russell's joke. The rest of us would be advised to just go along for the ride.
Albert undergoes a singularly spastic mind-trip.
Audience Reviews for I Heart Huckabees
Super Reviewer
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- Albert Markovski: Nobody sits like this rock sits. You rock, rock. The rock just sits and is. You show us how to just sit here and that's what we need.
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- Bernard Jaffe: No time for infinity? Gotta piece together a theory?
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- Brad Stand: How am I not myself?
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Most of the other actors are somewhat less convincing and at times some of them actually don't seem to know what movie they are in. (Isabelle!)
Existential caper is at once profoundly enjoyable and infinitely flawed.