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Gossip (2000)

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Reviews Counted:65

Fresh:18

Rotten:47

Average Rating:4.4/10

Consensus: Gossip drags on far beyond its entertainment value.

Runtime: 90 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: An intriguing drama that uses for its premise the potentially damaging concept of spreading rumors. On a college campus, three friends decide to do a group assignment on the effects of GOSSIP. They... An intriguing drama that uses for its premise the potentially damaging concept of spreading rumors. On a college campus, three friends decide to do a group assignment on the effects of GOSSIP. They choose an unsuspecting couple, who are notorious for being sexually abstinent. Subtly, word leaks out that the boyfriend raped his girlfriend one drunken night after she had passed out. Before they know it, the campus is in a frenzy and the students have to come to terms with their actions, but by that point, it might already be too late. [More]

Starring: James Marsden, Lena Headey, Norman Reedus, Kate Hudson

Starring: James Marsden, Lena Headey, Norman Reedus, Kate Hudson, Marisa Coughlan, Joshua Jackson, Eric Bogosian, Sharon Lawrence, Edward James Olmos, Debrah Farentino

Director: Davis Guggenheim

Director: Davis Guggenheim
Screenwriter: Gregory Poirier, Theresa Rebeck
Producer: Robert Newmyer, Jeffrey Silver
Composer: Graeme Revell

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02/09/06
Derek Adams
Derek Adams
Time Out
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Predictable at every turn, glossy but stagy, and full of unengaging, underdeveloped characters, Gossip too is 'all just words'.

Full Review Source: Sight and Sound | comment Comment
12/02/02
Edward Lawrenson
Edward Lawrenson
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Ian Waldron-Mantgani
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03/10/09
Eric Rosenberg
Eric Rosenberg
Hollywood.com
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12/10/08
Dennis Harvey
Dennis Harvey
Variety
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08/07/08
Jim Lane
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

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Full Review Source: JoBlo's Movie Emporium | comment Comment
07/14/06
JoBlo
JoBlo
JoBlo's Movie Emporium

Anyone who needs to sit through this movie to understand gossip is wrong probably can’t be helped.

Full Review Source: Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) | comment Comment
09/17/03
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

Though it is reasonably effective as a morality tale on the dangers of spreading a rumor, it is even more pertinent to the perils of burying a worthy screenplay under layers of big-budget gloss.

Full Review Source: Pitch.com | comment Comment
11/12/02
Jon Niccum
Jon Niccum
Pitch.com

A taut second half in which the plot turns back on itself in some surprising twists makes up for the lethargic first half.

Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
11/06/02
Jeff Strickler
Jeff Strickler
Minneapolis Star Tribune

Shallow Grave by way of Cruel Intentions, a breezy, entertaining mind-twister in which things spiral out of control for lots of good-looking kids and various alliances and narrative trap doors keep the audience enjoyably guessing as to who's

Full Review Source: Entertainment Today | comment Comment
10/21/02
Brent Simon
Brent Simon
Entertainment Today

Takes you on a smart and sassy roller coaster ride.

Full Review Source: San Diego Metropolitan | comment Comment
10/21/02
Jean Lowerison
Jean Lowerison
San Diego Metropolitan

Insufferable (and interminable) in-joke of a roundelay.

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10/20/02
Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central
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09/10/02
Kevin N. Laforest
Kevin N. Laforest
Montreal Film Journal
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08/02/02
Betty Jo Tucker
Betty Jo Tucker
ReelTalk Movie Reviews

It has a little more style than substance, but nevertheless Gossip is head-and-shoulders above many other college-age movies.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
06/05/02
Mike Kerrigan
Mike Kerrigan
Boxoffice Magazine

All style and no substance.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
03/19/02
Rick Groen
Rick Groen
Globe and Mail

A modern day morality play about the harm that can come to those who are the targets of this kind of rancor.

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03/13/02
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
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01/27/02
Jeremiah Kipp
Jeremiah Kipp
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