...a low-key comedy perfectly tuned for our times.
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Kabluey (2008)
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Reviews Counted:10
Fresh:8
Rotten:2
Average Rating:6.6/10
Consensus: An effecting treatise on modern alienation, Scott Prendergast's story of a hapless loser who finds recognition by donning a featureless suit is full of whimsy and sorrow.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating]
Genre: Comedies
Theatrical Release:Jul 4, 2008 Limited
Synopsis: Inept Salman (Scott Prendergast) comes to help his sister-in-law (Lisa Kudrow) tend to her homicidal toddlers while Salman's brother is off fighting in Iraq. Salman must take a humiliating job as a... [More]
Starring: Lisa Kudrow, Scott Prendergast, Teri Garr, Christine Taylor
Director: Scott Prendergast
Reviews for Kabluey
1 - 10 (sorted by date)
Top CriticShort on substance, despite a watchable supporting cast and an amiable overall tenor.
10/18/08
Top CriticWhile it borrows from obvious sources, Kabluey eventually comes into its own as a wacky commentary on the state of America in the fifth year of the Iraq war.
08/01/08
Top CriticA dark piece of whimsy that enchants and befuddles in equal measure.
07/11/08
Top CriticKabluey, which has no discernible political agenda, is wildly uneven and often seems like a short stretched to feature length. But it's also kind of oddly endearing.
07/10/08
Top CriticThe funniest movie I've seen this year.
07/10/08
Top CriticThe Austin-shot movie catches the nation's mood of economic anxiety and workplace exploitation more pungently than anything else in theaters.
07/10/08
Top CriticIn the recent epidemic of comedies about 30-something men in the throes of severe arrested development, he is one of the most pitifully incompetent losers.
07/07/08
Top CriticPrendergast seems clueless that an excess of pure weirdness won't lead to an excess of laughs. It won't.
07/04/08
Top CriticThis charming, pointed comedy is a genuine discovery.
05/12/08
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