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Mail Order Wife (2005)
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Reviews Counted:32
Fresh:20
Rotten:12
Average Rating:6/10
Consensus: The setup for Mail Order Wife is clever, but the movie is only moderately funny, and it stumbles badly in the third act.
Theatrical Release:Mar 11, 2005 Limited
Synopsis: Andrew Gurland is a New York City filmmaker interested in making a documentary about an average guy and his marriage to a mail order bride. Andrew finds the perfect subject for his film and decides... [More]
Starring: Eugenia Yuan, Adrian Martinez, Andrew Gurland, Deborah Teng
Director: Andrew Gurland
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12/06/05
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04/02/05
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08/16/07
Return to sender.
03/11/05
Mail Order Wife is a con. A good con, it's true, but like all cons it leaves a sour taste once the trick is revealed.
04/23/05
Third-act plot machinations feel like a frantic bid to achieve a feature-length running time, and in the end all this self-aware unseemliness proves as dispiriting as watching a marathon of reality TV.
03/10/05
a simple-minded circle jerk about exploitation, peopled by characters without the least bit of originality, vitality or appeal
03/08/05
The film's jokes just aren't that funny.
05/06/05
The filmmakers maintain the illusion of low-budget cinema verite to the extent that audiences may be unsure whether to laugh or shudder...
04/18/05
Strange, often silly mockumentary.
04/02/05
Top CriticAnalogous to an overly long episode of Punk’d in which the moviegoing audience is the punkee.
02/17/05
Less a film, more a series of ragtag gags.
03/09/05
Top CriticMore an exercise in sustaining a style than a satisfying emotional experience. The men are all self-centered boors, and the women, it turns out, aren't much better. There's nobody in this movie to root for or care about.
04/08/05
Finally breaks down under the weight of its twists and turns, but mostly maintains a creepy fascination with its scuzzy characters.
03/18/05
You know you're in trouble when baseballer-turned-ratfink Jose Canseco isn't the sleaziest thing in your movie.
05/06/05
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12/06/05
As for Gurland, well, if this fictional version of himself is at all like the real thing, I'm worried about the guy. But I hope he keeps making movies as gutsy, discomforting and slyly uproarious.
03/11/05
A very funny and perfectly creepy study of objectification and romantic obsession.
03/31/05
has a knack for sniffing out our dark areas without pity
10/07/05
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