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Fresh:15
Rotten:11
Average Rating:5.8/10
Consensus: Though Skills Like This has little to distinguish, director Monty Miranda shows flashes of wit and talent.
Theatrical Release:Mar 20, 2009 Limited
Synopsis: An indie festival-circuit favorite, SKILLS LIKE THIS follows struggling writer Max (Spencer Berger) into a life of crime. He finds robbery to be his true calling after his play, THE ONION DANCE,... [More]
Starring: Spencer Berger, Gabriel Tigerman, Brian D. Phelan, Kerry Knuppe
Director: Monty Miranda
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It works here, however, thanks largely to the strength of Berger’s performance and the way the movie’s familiar “follow your heart” message is diluted by a goofy subplot involving David trying to help Tom find gainful employment.
Berger appears to be a potential breakout talent, turning a character who could be endlessly irritating into an oddly charming, self-effacing rogue.
Top CriticIt'll be intriguing to see where Miranda goes from here.
A quirky little film that relies heavily on charm to make up for some rather glaring flaws in story, pacing and character. Fortunately, it has charm to spare.
Begins with an outrageous concept and takes it to the -- pun definitely intended -- max.
Skills Like This gazes indulgently on 20-something aimlessness and the comfort of assigned roles. In Mr. Miranda’s hands sloth can be more appealing than you might think.
Top CriticThe casting is unique, the acting able, and the camera work expert.
The movie is so well made that it’s hard not to like this often funny movie regardless whether one takes the story too seriously.
Monty Miranda’s fantasy for slackers sometimes slips into toilet-humor stupidity, but thanks to a knack for ingenious absurdity, Skills Like These is just ridiculous enough to be charming.
As charming an offbeat romantic comedy as anybody could hope to make on a micro-budget.
Director Miranda shows real skill here.
SKILLS LIKE THIS has a lot to offer, reminding us of the adage that the cheapest way to improve a film is with solid writing.
The writing is economically witty.
Likable but lightweight 2007 slacker comedy Skills Like This coasts on laid-back absurdist rhythms as three twentysomething pals scramble to redefine themselves in the wake of one's self-affirming discovery of his talents as a thief.
Miranda, a busy and successful director of commercials, shoots it all with slick economy and efficiency.
Despite stylish editing, lively performances and some effervescent dialogue, Skills Like This eventually becomes insipid, tedious, inane and a bit lackluster.
Adding to the glut of slacker-loser comedies, Skills Like This isn't particularly good or bad, just very average.
It almost works, too, though ultimately this visually splendid but sluggish story of a twentysomething would-be writer and his impulsive, overnight career as a bank and convenience-store robber takes the money and runs nowhere.
The film's portrait of bank-robbing as a solution to twentysomething aimlessness seems quaint when viewed through the filter of today's economic hardships.
The movie devolves into a series of increasingly pat, ill-thought-out setpieces, presided over by a hero who can’t really sell sincerity while he’s sporting three-day stubble and a massive jewfro.
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