Dark and disturbing, but also surprisingly funny.
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12/16/02
Roger Dodger (2002)
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Reviews Counted:122
Fresh:107
Rotten:15
Average Rating:7.4/10
Consensus: 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.
Theatrical Release:Oct 25, 2002 Limited
Box Office: $1,169,941
Synopsis: After cynical New York advertising copywriter Roger Swanson (Campbell Scott) is dumped by his on-again/off-again girlfriend, Joyce (Isabella Rossellini), who is also his boss, his painful workday... [More]
Starring: Campbell Scott, Jesse Eisenberg, Isabella Rossellini, Jennifer Beals
Director: Dylan Kidd
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Reviews for Roger Dodger
An entertaining look into the male psyche -- well, at least the psyche of males preoccupied with adolescent concerns.
12/12/02
Campbell Scott’s performance gives the character an added dimension, one of inner sadness and loneliness that taints even his most deplorable speeches with potential sympathy
12/10/02
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12/07/02
Scott's low-key portrayal makes Roger interesting.
12/05/02
Top CriticIt only rarely becomes less than apparent that lurking behind these clever characters there's a cleverer screenwriter, delighting himself as he takes turns setting each of them up for a verbal fall.
12/04/02
The film's highlight is definitely its screenplay, both for the rhapsodic dialogue that jumps off the page, and for the memorable character creations.
12/03/02
It's a minor comedy that tries to balance sweetness with coarseness, while it paints a sad picture of the singles scene.
12/02/02
Genuine movie magic...it transports you to a place somewhere between eavesdropping voyeur and silent referee.
11/28/02
While sounding like Nick Hornby and looking a little like Whit Stillman, Roger Dodger paints its own sublime and wonderful impression of singles.
11/24/02
First-time writer-director Dylan Kidd also has a good ear for dialogue, and the characters sound like real people.
11/22/02
Starts as a tart little lemon drop of a movie and ends up as a bitter pill.
11/22/02
Ourside the theatre Roger might be intolerable company, but inside it he's well worth spending some time with.
11/19/02
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11/18/02
Kidd's wickedly irreverent and succulent narrative cunningly cuts to the quick in the way it examines the boorish behavior of male mischievousness that ultimately serves as the needed comeuppance to redefine their consciousness.
11/18/02
Roger is not a character we are really meant to like, but how much one likes this movie may ultimately depend on the extent to which you are able to remain in the same room with him.
11/18/02
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.
11/15/02
Doesn't really add up to much.
11/15/02
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.
11/15/02
It is a testament to Mr. Kidd's skill that in his debut feature he makes such entertainment out of a character that could easily have seemed nothing more than an egotistical blowhard.
11/15/02
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