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Los Paranoicos (The Paranoids) (2008)

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A loser with a successful friend discovers his luck might change as long as he doesn't mind betraying his buddy in this edgy comedy from Argentina. Luciano (Daniel Hendler) is a neurotic and accident-prone children's entertainer who is struggling to launch a career as a screenwriter when he's not fretting about his health. After Luciano accidentally puts his performing partner, Sherman (Martin Feldman), in the hospital, he's unable to do shows for a few weeks and is wondering what to do when his

Unrated, 1 hr. 44 min.

Comedy

Directed By: Gabriel Medina

Written By: Gabriela Medina, Nicolas Gueilburt

In Theaters: Sep 5, 2008 Wide

On DVD: May 1, 2010

Oscilloscope Pictures

Medina has taken a series of vignettes and fashioned them into a feature film as aimless as Luciano's life.

January 22, 2010 Full Review Source: New York Post

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V.A. Musetto

New York Post

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Plays like a dawdling sitcom that strings together small incidents into not very much.

January 22, 2010 Comment

Stephen Holden

New York Times

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Wan Argentine comedy proves that not all slackers are inherently interesting.

January 22, 2010 Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter

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Frank Scheck

Hollywood Reporter

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Writer-director Gabriel Medina's chokingly offbeat debut is as aimless and confused as its prototypical slacker-comedy hero, who seems to have wandered into a glum dramedy with a hazy noirish aesthetic.

January 19, 2010 Full Review Source: Village Voice

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Aaron Hillis

Village Voice

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Most of the time, this Argentinean film's pace and tone fall into a despondent, desultory state

January 27, 2010 Full Review Source: Film-Forward.com

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Kent Turner

Film-Forward.com

A somewhat meandering, but nonetheless engaging, refreshing and character-driven drama with just the right touch of offbeat comedy.

January 24, 2010 Full Review Source: NYC Movie Guru

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Avi Offer

NYC Movie Guru

The latest standout drama from the vibrant New Latino Cinema.

January 22, 2010 Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine

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Steve Ramos

Boxoffice Magazine

A frustratingly underdeveloped Argentinian dramedy about the perils of emotional retreat.

January 22, 2010 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Ryan Stewart

Slant Magazine

With his feature debut, writer-director Gabriel Medina stops blessedly short of making a big generational statement, but The Paranoids does a fine job of evoking youth culture and attitudes in Buenos Aires...

January 21, 2010 Full Review Source: AV Club

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Scott Tobias

AV Club

Medina is simply content to let the film's sub-Jarmusch vignettes slow-fizzle to their finishes.

January 20, 2010 Full Review Source: Time Out New York

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David Fear

Time Out New York

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Gabriel Medina's wonderfully crafted debut feature is a fresh, visually innovative, and often hilarious glimpse into the lives of some very offbeat, yet human, characters.Thirty-something Luciano Gauna is odd. A failing screenwriter in Buenos Aires, Luciano lives in an almost intense state of paranoia, afraid of

February 10, 2010