A warm, funny and often touching character study.
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06/19/05
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The Talent Given Us (2004)
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Reviews Counted:48
Fresh:28
Rotten:20
Average Rating:6.2/10
Consensus: The Talent Given Us is an odd hybrid of reality and fiction, but works due to its engaging characters.
Theatrical Release:Jun 17, 2005 Limited
Synopsis: Like a cinema vérité version of THE DAYTRIPPERS, writer-director Andrew Wagner's quirky indie dramedy THE TALENT GIVEN US fashions a hilarious, unconventional, but ultimately moving take on family... [More]
Starring: Allen Wagner, Judy Wagner, Emily Wagner, Maggie Wagner
Director: Andrew Wagner
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Reviews for The Talent Given Us
Brutally truthful, funny and touching in nearly equal measure, this semi-autobiographical, micro-budget road movie lacks any of the obvious bells and whistles that even indie features seem to need nowadays.
06/18/05
If you have the chance to be an onlooker on the Wagner's family trip though, you should drop everything and get on board.
06/18/05
Wagner achieves a certain intimacy that couldn’t be captured with a camera present in a standard documentary, and couldn’t be recreated by anyone other than a close relative.
06/18/05
It would all amount to little more than an uncomfortable hour and a half of dirty laundry if it weren't for the natural charm of Allen and Judy Wagner, nonactors who nevertheless project an unexpected amount of charisma.
06/17/05
Weird and wonderful.
06/17/05
Top CriticIts remarkable candor is like spending a memorably hilarious, harrowing and unforgettable weekend with your wacky in-laws.
06/17/05
Top CriticAndrew Wagner's strange and delightful movie shouldn't work but does rather remarkably.
06/16/05
This isn't a movie, it's a thingamajig -- frequently as off-putting as can be, but unassailably one of a kind.
06/16/05
This raw, fascinating, often unpleasant film is not in the least coy about its queasy mix of exploitation and therapeutic exhibitionism.
06/14/05
Top CriticYou will never see anything like it in your entire life, but I'm not exactly sure it should ever be seen outside first-time director Andrew Wagner's living room.
06/14/05
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