A dark-as-pitch comedy that frequently veers into corny sentimentality, probably would not improve much after a therapeutic zap of shock treatment.
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07/14/02
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Pumpkin (2002)
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Reviews Counted:71
Fresh:27
Rotten:44
Average Rating:4.9/10
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
A journey toward self-awareness of a higher order.
07/11/02
Instead 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 CriticIt is possible for a movie to skewer its characters and embrace them, but Pumpkin is too obvious to pull it off and so shaky in the tone department that it practically begs to be misinterpreted.
07/11/02
For 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
At once divinely inspired and gut-wrenchingly horrible.
07/11/02
Pumpkin struts about with "courage" pinned to its huckster lapel while a yellow streak a mile wide decorates its back.
07/10/02
Pumpkin wants to have it both ways.
07/10/02
Although 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
[A] rather thinly-conceived movie.
07/09/02
Top CriticA satire is supposed to be funny in some way -- and, overall, I found Pumpkin to be a rather grim and unappealing little item.
07/09/02
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07/09/02
The film is grossly contradictory in conveying its social message, if indeed there is one.
07/09/02
Relentlessly, 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 Critic...there is such smart writing, wonderful performances and well-told humor you can forgive the flaws.
07/09/02
It could have been brilliant, but with its first time directors behind the wheel, it feels clumsy and unsure of itself.
07/07/02
This off the wall comedy takes aim at political correctness, satirizes everything in its path and yet manages to charm
07/07/02
One of the funniest motion pictures of the year, but...also one of the most curiously depressing.
07/06/02
The 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
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