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Let Them Chirp Awhile (2007)

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The star of Andrew Bujalski's indie sensation Mutual Appreciation, Justin Rice returns to the screen in this tale of a struggling scriptwriter who takes in a plucky Jack Russell terrier in hopes of charming its pretty owner into the bedroom. Lately, Bobby (Rice) hasn't had much luck in relationships. An aimless New Yorker whose best friend, Scott, is an unrepentant womanizer and whose nemesis, Hart Carlton, steals his ideas for a corny morality play about 9/11, Bobby just wants to find a pretty

Unrated, 1 hr. 31 min.

Comedy

Directed By: Jonathan Blitstein

In Theaters: Dec 5, 2008 Wide

On DVD: Dec 15, 2009

Jonathan Blitstein Enterprises

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Critic Reviews for Let Them Chirp Awhile

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A movie where the only conception of life seems to come from other movies makes for no kind of movie at all.

January 5, 2009 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times

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Mark Olsen

Los Angeles Times

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You would think that by now budding filmmakers would have given up on making a Woody Allen movie.

December 5, 2008 Full Review Source: New York Post

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V.A. Musetto

New York Post

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This sort of thing was indulgent enough the first time around; transplanted to the mumblecore milieu, it's intolerable.

December 5, 2008 Comment

Nathan Lee

New York Times

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Fresh out of NYU film school, Blitstein films what he knows: His tale of a young filmmaker's writer's block gleefully incorporates all manner of antic styles, from Mack Sennett-style double-takes to Felliniesque black-and-white pantomime.

December 3, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety

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Ronnie Scheib

Variety

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It's pretty hilarious.

December 2, 2008 Full Review Source: Village Voice

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Vadim Rizov

Village Voice

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The film ends up feeling like even creative inspiration and apotheosis is hopeless because all that can ever emerge from these characters is derivative of some earlier work. When you look at it this way, Chirp can't help seeming like a time capsule...

January 5, 2009 Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine

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Sara Maria Vizcarrondo

Boxoffice Magazine

The line between being pretentious and calling it out is awfully thin ... continually points a finger at obnoxious New York behavior while simultaneously perpetuating it.

December 11, 2008 Full Review Source: Metromix.com

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Matt Pais

Metromix.com

Jonathan Blitstein's debut feature works reasonably well by letting the characters' collective emotional retardation speak for itself.

December 3, 2008 Full Review Source: Time Out New York

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Drew Toal

Time Out New York

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I thought the story was good enough, just horribly shot and even worse acting. I Hyped Let Them Chirp Awhile on Everhype and gave it 75% which I think is fairly accurate.http://www.everhype.com/hyper/mikeborgia?X=M767I wouldn?t mind getting some opinions on it . If you get on there, rate me a 5 & request friendship.

December 2, 2008

Mike Borgia

The Variety rvw was right on...I saw a DVD screener of this movie and it was hilarious. Pithy dialogue, great acting, a handful of inventive shots & insights. Can't wait to see this on the big screen.

December 5, 2008