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Kabluey (2008)
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Reviews Counted:37
Fresh:31
Rotten:6
Average Rating:6.9/10
Consensus: An effecting treatise on modern alienation, Scott Prendergast's story of a hapless loser who finds recognition by donning a featureless suit is full of whimsy and sorrow.
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Inept Salman (Scott Prendergast) comes to help his sister-in-law (Lisa Kudrow) tend to her homicidal toddlers while Salman's brother is off fighting in Iraq. Salman must take a humiliating job as a... [More]
Starring: Lisa Kudrow, Scott Prendergast, Teri Garr, Christine Taylor
Director: Scott Prendergast
Reviews for Kabluey
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...a low-key comedy perfectly tuned for our times. Full Review |
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Short on substance, despite a watchable supporting cast and an amiable overall tenor. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
an anthem for hard times Full Review |
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3/4 |
Kabluey nearly implodes in the opening moments but swiftly finds its footing. Full Review |
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B |
An impressive debut both on screen and off. Full Review |
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A- |
Prendergast doesn't chase alternative statements, he wants to make people laugh, and Kabluey is one of the more inventive, invigorating productions to come out of the industry's lonely right field. Full Review |
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This heartfelt film, though a bit uneven, is touching most of the time, funny some of the time, but always original and appealing. Full Review |
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3/4 |
While it borrows from obvious sources, Kabluey eventually comes into its own as a wacky commentary on the state of America in the fifth year of the Iraq war. Full Review |
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1.5/5 |
Quirky and undisturbed, unaffected and unaffecting. Full Review |
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2/5 |
Dramedy with mature themes is light on substance. Full Review |
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Subtle, strange and off-kilter without becoming self-consciously quirky. Full Review |
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3/5 |
A dark piece of whimsy that enchants and befuddles in equal measure. Full Review |
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B |
In costume and character, Prendergast is a little funny and more than a little sad. So is the film. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
Kabluey, which has no discernible political agenda, is wildly uneven and often seems like a short stretched to feature length. But it's also kind of oddly endearing. Full Review |
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If it comes to your city, be sure to check out one of the lost gems of the year. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
The funniest movie I've seen this year. Full Review |
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The Austin-shot movie catches the nation's mood of economic anxiety and workplace exploitation more pungently than anything else in theaters. Full Review |
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An offbeat a comedy of discomfort. Full Review |
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2.5/5 |
The filmmakers here not only disguise what they would like to say about the long-waged war, they obscure the message, leaving one with not much more than a few brief glimpses of the war’s effects amidst a number of quirky distractions. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
In the recent epidemic of comedies about 30-something men in the throes of severe arrested development, he is one of the most pitifully incompetent losers. Full Review |
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