
Filth and Wisdom
2008, Romance/Music, 1h 21m
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Filth and Wisdom, while certainly ambitious, is mostly unconvincing and incoherent. Read critic reviews
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Movie Info
Three London flat-mates (Eugene Hutz, Holly Weston, Vicky McClure) toil at demeaning jobs while dreaming of better lives.
Cast & Crew
Eugene Hutz
A.K.
A.K.
Holly Weston
Holly
Holly
Vicky McClure
Juliette
Juliette
Richard E. Grant
Professor Flynn
Professor Flynn
Elliot Levey
Business Man
Business Man
Inder Manocha
Sardeep
Sardeep
Critic Reviews for Filth and Wisdom
Audience Reviews for Filth and Wisdom
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Sep 12, 2011Is Madonna's "Filth and Wisdom" as bad as you've heard? Well, I have to say yes. When the film came out, it was savaged by critics and pulled from circulation in just a few days. I suspected the critics were being overly negative, as they are wont to do when a woman artist takes risks. But in this case the extreme pans were deserved. "Filth and Wisdom" is almost as bad as Joaquin Phoenix's spectacularly stupid and self-indulgent "I'm Still Here" (2010). The only redeeming value is that the bits with Eugene Hutz, lead singer of the band Gogol Bordello, do occasionally become interesting. I suspect that Hutz could turn into something of a darling of underground cinema. He would just require a director and writer who's got more going on upstairs than Madonna. I yield to no one in my appreciation for Madonna, but it can't be denied: she's no thinker. And she's not much of a natural behind the camera either. Most of the scenes in "Filth and Wisdom" looked to me like they were directed by an eight-year-old, and not a particularly smart or interesting one.William D Super Reviewer
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Nov 07, 2009I don't see what the point of this was. I love Madonna, but obviously more so in front of the camera than behind.Sarah P Super Reviewer
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