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Pumpkin (2002)
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Reviews Counted:22
Fresh:10
Rotten:12
Average Rating:5.5/10
Consensus: The messy Pumpkin wastes its premise by not making the satire sharp enough.
Theatrical Release:Jun 28, 2002 Limited
Box Office: $107,838
Synopsis: Christina Ricci stars as Carolyn McDuffy, a picture-perfect blonde sorority princess (reminiscent of Reese Witherspoon's perky LEGALLY BLONDE co-ed, Elle Woods) enjoying her senior year at Southern... [More]
Starring: Hank Harris, Christina Ricci, Brenda Blethyn, Marisa Coughlan
Director: Adam Larson Broder, Tony Abrams
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Reviews for Pumpkin
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11/06/02
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08/16/02
Top CriticBy presenting an impossible romance in an impossible world, Pumpkin dares us to say why either is impossible -- which forces us to confront what's possible and what we might do to make it so.
08/07/02
Top CriticThough Pumpkin extends its jaundiced joke too far, it's almost worth it for Ricci's final scene, which tells us everything we need to know about what will become of her.
08/02/02
Top CriticWeird. Rewarding.
07/26/02
Top CriticIf you believe any of this, I can make you a real deal on leftover Enron stock that will double in value a week from Friday.
07/25/02
Top Critic[T]hose same extremes prevent us from taking its message seriously, and the Stepford Wives mentality doesn't work in a modern context.
07/19/02
Top CriticInstead of putting an easy-to-swallow candy coating on a touchy subject, Pumpkin searches for beauty in ugliness and quality in imperfection.
07/11/02
Top CriticFor all its many flaws, Pumpkin has some worthwhile ideas and funny moments, and its whacked-out heart is in the right place.
07/11/02
Top CriticAlthough I often found it hysterically funny, I was never quite sure if I was laughing at it or with it.
07/09/02
Top CriticRemember: These are two hours of your life you'll never get back.
07/09/02
Top Critic[A] rather thinly-conceived movie.
07/09/02
Top CriticRelentlessly, and sometimes brilliantly, it forces us to decide what we really think, how permissive our taste really is, how far a black comedy can go before it goes too far.
07/09/02
Top CriticThe results are perversely watchable, as much for the movie's evasions as the controversial issues with which it toys. Often, it just seems carelessly smug.
07/05/02
Top CriticThe majority of the film is original and engaging, and Christina Ricci turns in another fine performance. This pair of assets alone is worth the price of admission.
07/04/02
Top CriticPumpkin sits in a patch somewhere between mirthless Todd Solondzian satire and callow student film.
07/02/02
Top CriticI wish it would have just gone more over-the-top instead of trying to have it both ways.
07/01/02
Top CriticAn opportunity missed.
06/28/02
Top CriticPumpkin means to be an outrageous dark satire on fraternity life, but its ambitions far exceed the abilities of writer Adam Larson Broder and his co-director, Tony R. Abrams, in their feature debut.
06/28/02
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