I sort of enjoyed it, but the movie plays amateurish and doesn't tell us anything new.
Full Frontal (2002)
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Reviews Counted:139
Fresh:51
Rotten:88
Average Rating:5.1/10
Consensus: An confusing movie made worse by the poor camera work.
Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Director Steven Soderbergh follows up his highly impressive string of big budget smashes (ERIN BROCKOVICH, TRAFFIC, OCEAN'S ELEVEN) with this self-proclaimed "companion piece" to 1989's hugely... Director Steven Soderbergh follows up his highly impressive string of big budget smashes (ERIN BROCKOVICH, TRAFFIC, OCEAN'S ELEVEN) with this self-proclaimed "companion piece" to 1989's hugely influential SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE. Written by New York-based playwright Coleman Hough, FULL FRONTAL concerns a day in the life of a series of confused, depressed, and neurotic Los Angeles residents. Ed (Enrico Colantoni) is a writer with a script currently in production and a play that is about to open. Ivan's writing partner Carl (David Hyde Pierce) is married to Lee (Catherine Keener), an unhappy Human Resources VP. Lee is having an affair with superstar actor Calvin (Blair Underwood), who is costarring with Francesca (Julia Roberts) in Carl and Ed's film. Lee's sister Linda (Mary McCormack) is a masseuse who is looking forward to an upcoming weekend rendezvous with a stranger she met on the Internet. That man just so happens to be Ed. Using this dizzying framework to explore the dysfunctional characters who inhabit the entertainment industry, FULL FRONTAL also works as a bold technical experiment. Incorporating muddy digital video (to capture "real life") mixed with 35mm film (to capture "the movie within the movie"), Soderbergh shows that even with an Oscar on the shelf, he's still an indie-minded director at heart. [More]
Starring: Julia Roberts, Blair Underwood, Catherine Keener, David Duchovny
Starring: Julia Roberts, Blair Underwood, Catherine Keener, David Duchovny, David Hyde Pierce, Nicky Katt, Mary McCormack, Enrico Colantoni, Brad Pitt, David Fincher
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Screenwriter: Coleman Hough
Producer: Scott Kramer, Gregory Jacobs
Studio: Miramax Films
Reviews for Full Frontal
This was so dreadful I prayed my fellow critics would start talking through the screening.
Audiences are going to be irritated if not simply befuddled by the film, although it is not a movie to be easily dismissed, and certainly not for lack of ideas.
What may have been a nice diversion from the norm in Hollywood ends up as dull trip into the lives of ordinary, self-involved Angelenos.
The cast feels adrift in a sea of improvisation, while the camera pretends an intimacy that is only fitfully rewarded with anything resembling sincerity.
There's a blissful confusion about Full Frontal, the new film by Steven Soderbergh, that you'll either hate or love. There's no in-between here.
The meta-elements never hamper the central appeal of the film, which are the rich and flawed characters who are simply searching for a connection with another human being.
Even those who are used to art house films will likely be underwhelmed by the bareness of Full Frontal's menu.
When improv is done well, it sheds a unique light on the human condition. When it is done adequately, as it is in Full Frontal, it simply makes you long for a good script and pricey production values.
a dizzyingly convoluted exploration of sex, art, identity and reality
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