Shortbus 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.
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Shortbus (2006)
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Reviews Counted: 116
Fresh: 75
Rotten:41
Average Rating: 6.3/10
Consensus: The sex may be explicit, but Mitchell integrates it into the characters' lives and serves the whole story up with a generous dose of sweetness and wit.
Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins
Genre: Dramas
Theatrical Release: Oct 6, 2006 Limited
Box Office: $1,851,628
Synopsis: Writer/director John Cameron Mitchell follows up the cult classic HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH with another salacious slice of sex-laden cinema. Mitchell interweaves three separate tales of highly sexed and sexually frustrated New... [More]
Starring: Raphael Barker, Lindsay Beamish, Paul Dawson, Yolanda Ross
Director: John Cameron Mitchell
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Reviews for Shortbus
Top Critic Shortbus flips through varying moods with overall success, fleshing out the characters who show flesh.
07/23/07
There may be a variety of erotic practices on parade here, but the film leaves viewers with few real insights into either human nature or sexuality.
07/02/07
Someday, possible soon, possibly not, an ambitious director will make a provocative, creatively-satisfying motion picture with unsimulated [sex].
06/20/07
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03/08/07
The characters' lack of any real substance--it's really only all about attitude--make one gradually lose interest until the next in flagrante delicto moment.
03/01/07
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.
02/22/07
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.
02/13/07
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.
01/31/07
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.
01/31/07
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01/27/07
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
01/11/07
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.
12/30/06
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12/30/06
Everything comes to a head in a touchy-feely climax (if you catch our drift) where, ironically, it isn't the strong sex but all the singing and handholding that's the real turn-off.
11/30/06
A gleefully subversive but over-simplistic rude little indie that’s starting to gain cult status.
11/29/06
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