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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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01/01/00
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
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Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
01/01/00
Empire Magazine
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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
Sight and Sound
N/R

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Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
02/09/06
Derek Adams
Derek Adams
Time Out
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Screenwriters Gregory Poirier and Theresa Rebeck elevate the drama above and beyond its trivial nature with some decent dialogue and some nifty misdirection.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
01/01/00
Bob Thompson
Bob Thompson
Jam! Movies

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

The movie has some compelling ideas about truth and how rumors take on lives of their own.

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01/01/00
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

[The] complex seeming premise of Gossip is simple and clever in its presentation and development.

Full Review Source: CinemaSense.Com | comment Comment
01/01/00
Cornell & Petricelli
Cornell & Petricelli
CinemaSense.Com

Its jagged and cynical undertone is a cut above typically banal teen fare.

Full Review Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | comment Comment
01/01/00
Duane Dudek
Duane Dudek
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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

Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
03/13/02
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

An engrossing tale adapted into a taut screenplay.

Full Review Source: Compuserve | comment Comment
01/01/00
Harvey S. Karten
Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve

Yes, this is a pretty good one.

Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jay Boyar
Jay Boyar
Orlando Sentinel

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

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

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07/14/06
JoBlo
JoBlo
JoBlo's Movie Emporium

A sense of unreality permeates the movie, which allows for some far-fetched plot turns. Far-fetched is OK. Close-fetched thrillers aren't worth watching.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
01/01/00
Mick LaSalle
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle

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

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01/01/00
Scott A. Mantz
Scott A. Mantz
Scott Mantz' Movie Reviews

It's entertaining in a trashy sort of way.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
01/01/00
Sean Axmaker
Sean Axmaker
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Full of ludicrous moments.

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01/01/00
Steve Rhodes
Steve Rhodes
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