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03/02/02
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Storytelling (2002)
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Reviews Counted:89
Fresh:47
Rotten:42
Average Rating:5.6/10
Theatrical Release:Jan 25, 2002 Limited
Box Office: $850,758
Synopsis: Director Todd Solondz (WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE, HAPPINESS) presents this characteristically bleak and darkly comic drama in two distinct parts. The first story, "Fiction" stars Selma Blair as Vi,... [More]
Starring: Paul Giamatti, Selma Blair, Mark Webber, Leo Fitzpatrick
Director: Todd Solondz
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Reviews for Storytelling
Each story on its own could have been expanded and worked into a compelling single feature, but in its current incarnation, Storytelling never quite gets over its rather lopsided conception.
03/01/02
Storytelling feels slight.
02/28/02
Director Todd Solondz has made a movie about critical reaction to his two previous movies, and about his responsibility to the characters that he creates.
02/24/02
That Storytelling has value cannot be denied. Not even Solondz's thirst for controversy, sketchy characters and immature provocations can fully succeed at cheapening it.
02/24/02
Top CriticSolondz may be convinced that he has something significant to say, but he isn’t talking a talk that appeals to me.
02/19/02
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02/16/02
With Storytelling, Solondz has made another deeply personal film while treading familiar misanthropic ground.
02/15/02
In his latest effort, Storytelling, Solondz has finally made a movie that isn't just offensive -- it also happens to be good.
02/15/02
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02/15/02
Seems based on ugly ideas instead of ugly behavior, as Happiness was... Hence, Storytelling is far more appealing.
02/11/02
Solondz may well be the only one laughing at his own joke
02/10/02
Provides an intriguing window into the imagination and hermetic analysis of Todd Solondz.
02/10/02
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02/09/02
Solondz is without doubt an artist of uncompromising vision, but that vision is beginning to feel, if not morally bankrupt, at least terribly monotonous.
02/08/02
A frustrating experience, made more so by the seemingly self-referential moments in the film.
02/08/02
Feels more like an experimental project designed simply to get under viewers' skins than a finished movie.
02/08/02
Sometimes seems less like storytelling than something the otherwise compelling director needed to get off his chest.
02/08/02
Top CriticMade me feel uneasy, even queasy, because [Solondz's] cool compassion is on the border of bemused contempt.
02/08/02
It's bile, pure and simple.
02/08/02
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