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Threesome (1994)

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Average Rating: 4.4/10
Reviews Counted: 23
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 17

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Average Rating: 4.1/10
Critic Reviews: 6
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 5

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Movie Info

Well-groomed junior transfer student Eddy (Josh Charles) forges an unlikely friendship with messy party animal Stuart (Stephen Baldwin) after the two room together in an all-male dorm at a large university. When Alex (Lara Flynn Boyle) ends up in the adjoining suite because of her mannish name, all three students fall into an overheated friendship that provides cover for no less than three unrequited loves. Alex, a sexpot who's turned on by big words, falls hard for intellectual Eddy, who's

R, 1 hr. 34 min.

Drama, Romance, Comedy

Directed By: Andrew Fleming

Written By: Andrew Fleming

In Theaters: Apr 8, 1994 Wide

On DVD: May 1, 2001

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

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Critic Reviews for Threesome

All Critics (26) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (6) | Rotten (18) | DVD (8)

The film is so proud of its alleged daring that it even begins with a dictionary definition of the word 'deviant.' 'Sitcom' would have been more like it.

May 20, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Janet Maslin

New York Times

Top Critic

Threesome, by falling into the common trap of mistaking pretentiousness for substance, loses its way early on.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: ReelViews

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James Berardinelli

ReelViews

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Not a great movie, but in its own way it is an effective one, and more than most other movies it is accurate and honest about the sexuality of young people.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

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The three become a giggly and rather insufferable bunch.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Desson Thomson

Washington Post

Top Critic

A tedious, toilet-talking, try-sexual tease.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Joe Brown

Washington Post

Top Critic

Mildly charming and occasionally sexy but shallow and silly menage at trois tale set at UCLA dormitory.

July 20, 2007 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

The movie often plays more like a wisecracking sitcom -- Saved by the Bell with four-letter words -- than a wise romantic roundelay.

January 9, 2002 Full Review Source: Movieline

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Stephen Farber

Movieline

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Wild and crazy, but it was pretty good.

May 8, 2010

Leigh Ryan

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I saw this on a war crime of a date. Sorry Threesome, but you must pay and Lara Flynn Boyle must eat...

February 13, 2007

Michael Gildea

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