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Say Uncle (2006)

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Reviews Counted:17

Fresh:3

Rotten:14

Average Rating:3.9/10

Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: When a gay man (Peter Paige) discovers that his godson's family is moving to Japan, he tries to find another child to enjoy a relationship with, leading to a bumbling comedy of errors.

Starring: Peter Paige, Kathy Najimy, Gabrielle Union, Anthony Clark

Starring: Peter Paige, Kathy Najimy, Gabrielle Union, Anthony Clark, Lisa Edelstein, Melanie Lynskey

Director: Peter Paige

Director: Peter Paige
Studio: TLA Releasing

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Ultimately, Paul's plight is just not that interesting, and when the neighborhood stridently turns against him, the film veers into absurdity.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
03/01/07
David Noh
David Noh
Film Journal International

Frankly, I wouldn't want him touching my toddler.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
09/28/06
Don Willmott
Don Willmott
Filmcritic.com

Paige's radical approach to this unsettling material tip toes in the echoes of dark absurdity. Say Uncle comes off as an irresponsible, unthinkable and creepy concoction

Full Review Source: Movie Eye | comment Comment
07/02/06
Frank Ochieng
Frank Ochieng
Movie Eye

Paige makes a strong debut as a writer/director with this original black comedy.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
06/30/06
Ken Fox
Ken Fox
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Laughless, pointless and downright creepy.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
06/30/06
Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post

Ask yourself: If you saw an unknown, single man repeatedly approach kids in the park, would you be concerned? If so, you may not find Paul, and his unbalanced Peter Pan complex, quite as charming as Paige does.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
06/30/06
Elizabeth Weitzman
Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News

A comedy about a suspected gay pedophile is something even Mel Brooks might balk at, but Say Uncle would have benefited from his ability to turn bad taste into good feature.

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06/29/06
Jeannette Catsoulis
Jeannette Catsoulis
New York Times
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As written and portrayed by Paige, his protagonist comes across a lot less like an oddball, misunderstood naif than he does an irritatingly self-absorbed loser with some serious boundary issues.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
06/29/06
Michael Rechtshaffen
Michael Rechtshaffen
Hollywood Reporter
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A movie that made my skin crawl.

Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper | comment Comment
06/26/06
Richard Roeper
Richard Roeper
Ebert & Roeper

Peter Paige's Say Uncle aims to be a dark comedy about the dangers of preconceived ideas, but the movie plays as a broad cartoon that speaks to the peril of having no ideas as a filmmaker.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News | comment Comment
06/23/06
Glenn Whipp
Glenn Whipp
Los Angeles Daily News

A film that has a lot going for it, including supporting roles by the likes of Kathy Najimy and Melanie Lynskey, Say Uncle -- which lead actor/filmmaker Peter Paige mischaracterizes as a comedy -- nonetheless founders.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
06/23/06
Kim Williamson
Kim Williamson
Boxoffice Magazine

...[the hero is] such a mess that you wouldn't trust him with anything, let alone your kids.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles CityBeat | comment Comment
06/23/06
Andy Klein
Andy Klein
Los Angeles CityBeat

[Peter] Paige has created an engaging and insightful entertainment with considerably more substance than most small-budget, independent gay films.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
06/22/06
Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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Say Uncle is both a heartbreaking tale of loss, and a cautionary tale to parents out there, and there won’t be a dry eye in the house when the film is finished.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
06/22/06
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Film Threat

You’ll be begging for mercy well before the end of this self-righteous, thoroughly unsavory 'farce.'

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
06/22/06
Scott Foundas
Scott Foundas
L.A. Weekly

The politics of homophobia and child molestation receive a badly misjudged tweaking in Queer As Folk star Peter Paige's writing-directing debut, Say Uncle.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
06/19/06
Robert Koehler
Robert Koehler
Variety
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Page makes the mistake of arguing a thorny case from the same juvenile perspective of his colossally self-absorbed character.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
05/26/06
Ed Gonzalez
Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine
 
 
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