Shortbus Reviews
Top CriticShortbus is not, above all, 'dirty.' What it is, in fact, is a nice movie, one of the nicest to come down the pike since March of the Penguins.
eFilmCritic.com
Shortbus flips through varying moods with overall success, fleshing out the characters who show flesh.
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| Original Score: 5/5
Film Scouts
Incredibly sexy without being titilating, this is a very well crafted flick that deserves a bigger audience than it will inevitably receive.
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| Original Score: A-
Kalamazoo Gazette
a project that has brains as well as bravado. It's also very funny, which helps to diffuse much of the nervousness that its graphic sex scenes might inspire in viewers. ...an imaginative, involving and ultimately touching story.
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| Original Score: 3/4
Uruguay Total
Bajo la piel de una pel%uFFFDcula sexualmente muy expl%uFFFDcita hay un delicado y sensible estudio de personajes, sus relaciones, sus frustraciones, y una irreverente y fresca mirada a la Nueva York pos-11 de setiembre.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Reeler
The hallmarks of a true collaboration between the director and his actors are everywhere, and their performances are what raise the film above any of its shortcomings.
Cinerina
If you want to explore the ideas of love and emotional permeability while seeing a narratively complex world of sexual self-exploration to which few are privy, then this is the movie for you. Otherwise, run for your life.
Laramie Movie Scope
Sex and the self-centered.
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| Original Score: C+
Murphy's Movie Reviews
Mitchell worked with his cast to develop the various stories and the improvisatory effort may not have resulted in a Mike Leigh sort of drama but it has yielded wondrous moments. The cast is very good with the best performances coming from Lee as Sofia (w
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| Original Score: B+
Cinema em Cena
Um raro exemplo de produção norte-americana que encara o sexo com maturidade, o filme é um estudo de personagens com sucesso apenas moderado, já que não consegue desenvolver todas as subtramas com o mesmo cuidado ou interesse.
| Original Score: 3/5
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Oozes hardly more than body fluids in its telling tale.
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| Original Score: B-
Empire Magazine
A gleefully subversive but over-simplistic rude little indie that's starting to gain cult status.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Movies for the Masses
full review in Greek
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Despite the movie's matter-of-fact approach to (and depiction of) graphic acts, the point isn't the sex, it's the genuine emotion generated by the actors, who helped develop their roles with Mitchell.
Urban Cinefile
This is a film for the adventurous. A colourful and wondrously imaginative sexual adventure that integrates humour, symbolism and emotion
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Simply a terrific movie -- the most courageous (not just because of the sex), inventive, moving and captivating film I've seen this year.
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| Original Score: 5/5
