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Roger Dodger (2002)

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Average Rating: 7.4/10
Reviews Counted: 121
Fresh: 106 | Rotten: 15

The movie could have benefited from a more experienced director, but a great cast and script overcome any first time jitters the director may have had.

Average Rating: 7.4/10
Critic Reviews: 30
Fresh: 28 | Rotten: 2

The movie could have benefited from a more experienced director, but a great cast and script overcome any first time jitters the director may have had.

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Writer/director Dylan Kidd got a chance to make his script for Roger Dodger into a feature film when he boldly approached Campbell Scott in a caf� in Greenwich Village and made his pitch. Eventually, Scott would agree to executive produce and star in the film, and was responsible for bringing Jennifer Beals and Isabella Rossellini onboard. Scott stars as the eponymous Roger, a successful New York ad man and self-proclaimed master of reading and manipulating women. The film begins with Roger out

R, 1 hr. 44 min.

Drama, Comedy

Directed By: Dylan Kidd

Written By: Dylan Kidd

In Theaters: Nov 1, 2002 Limited

On DVD: Mar 18, 2003

Box Office:$1.2M

Artisan Entertainment

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Critic Reviews for Roger Dodger

All Critics (133) | Top Critics (32) | Fresh (108) | Rotten (15) | DVD (24)

A fascinating, uneven first feature from the young writer-director Dylan Kidd.

January 16, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Magazine

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Peter Rainer

New York Magazine

Top Critic

We journey from appreciating Roger as the ideal over-drinks conversationalist to someone we would cross the street to avoid.

January 3, 2003 Comment

Roger Moore

Orlando Sentinel

Top Critic

Scott's low-key portrayal makes Roger interesting.

December 5, 2002 Full Review Source: USA Today

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Mike Clark

USA Today

Top Critic

Campbell Scott, in the role of a lifetime, brushes past all the built-in limitations, seizes the role -- and us -- and turns it into a genuine tour de force.

November 15, 2002 Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee

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Joe Baltake

Sacramento Bee

Top Critic

Roger Dodger is an impressive first-time effort by Dylan Kidd, the director and writer. But like the teen in the movie who is trying to lose his virginity, the film never quite scores.

November 15, 2002 Comment (1)

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Top Critic

Even at its grimmest, the movie hums along, thanks to the edgy, hand-held, on-the-fly cinematography and the snappy performances.

November 9, 2002 Full Review Source: Slate

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David Edelstein

Slate

Top Critic

Scott's hilariously hateful hauteur is able to counteract some falsely fuzzy notes in the ending.

January 27, 2009 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com

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Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

Some have condemned this film for 'filthy content.' That's like condemning a hospital for being a place of disease. Kidd deals with 'filth' the way a surgeon treats a tumor.

December 6, 2004 Comment

Jeffrey Overstreet

Looking Closer

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Scott completely owns the film, and leaves you wondering why on earth we don't see an awful lot more of him.

September 16, 2003 Full Review Source: RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland)

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Tom Grealis

RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland) Source: RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland)

The dialogue addresses our expectations, gets us laughing and stops the movie from becoming too obvious a character study.

September 7, 2003 Full Review Source: UK Critic

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Ian Waldron-Mantgani

UK Critic

Kidd's story is a bitter pill to swallow - many will find the portrayal of Roger as some kind of hero bizarre.

August 15, 2003 Full Review Source: Teletext

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Annette Dasey

Teletext

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By displaying to audiences a severely dishonest human being, Roger Dodger's thought-provoking script is able to reach a surprising level of honesty. While Campbell Scott plays a hugely unlikeable character (which wouldn't be a problem if the script didn't want audiences to sympathize with him), Jesse Eisenberg is as

February 4, 2012

Sam Barnett

Super Reviewer

A "ladies man," who, despite his claims, routinely "fails" with the ladies, instructs his nephew in the ways of meeting women.This film is truly fantastic, with some witty, sharp dialogue, but its freeze-frame ending, which I won't give away, isn't satisfactory. I really like the idea of Roger's character: it is

August 4, 2011