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02/09/06
Gossip (2000)
27 %
Reviews Counted: 63 Fresh: 17 Rotten:46 Average Rating: 4.3/10
Consensus:
Gossip drags on far beyond its entertainment value.
Runtime: 90 mins
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 choose an unsuspecting couple, who are notorious for being sexually abstinent. Subtly, word... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: James Marsden, Lena Headey, Norman Reedus, Kate Hudson, Marisa Coughlan
Director: Davis Guggenheim
Screenwriter: Gregory Poirier, Theresa Rebeck
Producer: Robert Newmyer, Jeffrey Silver
Composer: Graeme Revell
Screenwriter: Gregory Poirier, Theresa Rebeck
Producer: Robert Newmyer, Jeffrey Silver
Composer: Graeme Revell
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Predictable at every turn, glossy but stagy, and full of unengaging, underdeveloped characters, Gossip too is 'all just words'.
12/02/02
Top Critic
Anyone who needs to sit through this movie to understand gossip is wrong probably can’t be helped.
09/17/03
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.
11/12/02
A taut second half in which the plot turns back on itself in some surprising twists makes up for the lethargic first half.
11/06/02
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
10/21/02
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09/10/02
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08/02/02
It has a little more style than substance, but nevertheless Gossip is head-and-shoulders above many other college-age movies.
06/05/02
A modern day morality play about the harm that can come to those who are the targets of this kind of rancor.
03/13/02
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01/01/00
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The performances by this Young Hollywood set are nothing short of ordinary, and cameos from vets Olmos and Bogosian are downright embarrassing.
01/01/00
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