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Sorry, Haters (2006)

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Reviews Counted:37

Fresh:13

Rotten:24

Average Rating:4.9/10

Runtime: 83 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: SORRY,HATERS is a psychological thriller with political and social undertones set in today's New York. It's a story of anger, revenge and retribution so timely it could be too true for comfort. It... SORRY,HATERS is a psychological thriller with political and social undertones set in today's New York. It's a story of anger, revenge and retribution so timely it could be too true for comfort. It begins when Ashade, a Muslim cab driver (Abdellatif Kechiche), picks up Phoebe (Robin Wright Penn) a well-heeled professional woman. Although Ashade and Phoebe have nothing in common, each holds troubling urges and motivations. When Phoebe takes an interest in exonerating Ashade's unjustly jailed brother, a series of events are set in motion resulting in the revelation of a devastating hidden truth. SORRY,HATERS is that rare film that dares to capture the anxiety of a city on edge. With powerful performances by Robin Wright Penn, Abdellatif Kechiche, Sandra Oh and Josh Hamilton it has the courage to ask the most forbidden questions of who we are, and suggest some surprising answers. --© IFC Films [More]

Starring: Robin Wright Penn, Josh Hamilton, Aasif Mandvi, Abdel Kechiche

Starring: Robin Wright Penn, Josh Hamilton, Aasif Mandvi, Abdel Kechiche, Sandra Oh

Director: Jeff Stanzler

Director: Jeff Stanzler
Studio: IFC Films

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A psychological thriller with a cleverly-concealed subplot likely to surprise even the best of cinema sleuths.

Full Review Source: Upstage Magazine | comment Comment
05/31/07
Kam Williams
Kam Williams
Upstage Magazine

A product of a younger, confused generation raised on a junk diet of corporate media propaganda and tabloid news substituting hip for history, it's distanced from any candid self-reflection, while demonizing women as the main source of global distress.

Full Review Source: WBAI Web Radio | comment Comment
05/04/07
Prairie Miller
Prairie Miller
WBAI Web Radio
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Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
05/06/06
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Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
05/06/06
Film Threat

Does build steam as it goes, though the somewhat slow pacing works against it.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
04/14/06
Jeff Vice
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Many audience members will likely be turned off by the film's bizarre ending. I'd defend it, solely on the grounds that it is the appropriate finish for the entire misbegotten mess.

Full Review Source: Capital Times (Madison, WI) | comment Comment
04/13/06
Rob Thomas
Rob Thomas
Capital Times (Madison, WI)

Despite moments of confusion in the script by director Jeff Stanzler, Sorry, Haters remains engrossing, largely because of Penn's superb portrayal.

Full Review Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle | comment Comment
03/31/06
Jack Garner
Jack Garner
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

As the characters unravel -- and how -- so too does the movie.

Full Review Source: Denver Post | comment Comment
03/24/06
Lisa Kennedy
Lisa Kennedy
Denver Post

Ambitious but seriously confused social commentary.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
03/23/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

A preposterous screwball psychological drama called Sorry, Haters, a film roughly as successful as the phrase 'screwball psychological drama' implies.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
03/18/06
Michael Phillips
Michael Phillips
Chicago Tribune

It contains such a gripping performance by Robin Wright Penn that it succeeds, in a way, despite itself. To see great work is a reason to see an imperfect movie, and to observe how the movie loses its way may be useful even if it's frustrating.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
03/18/06
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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It's a well-meaning but ultimately feeble and misguided attempt to say something profound about the aftereffects of the 2001 attacks on New York.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
03/17/06
John McMurtrie
John McMurtrie
San Francisco Chronicle

That Penn and Kechiche are so committed to their roles only makes writer-director Jeff Stanzler's film more of a conundrum.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
03/17/06
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly

Sorry, Haters trades in glib reversals, not complexities -- just about everyone is a crude stereotype turned on its head.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
03/16/06
L.A. Weekly

The idea could and previously has been done well, but here it makes for a thoroughly unpleasant film experience.

Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews | comment Comment
03/09/06
Mark R. Leeper
Mark R. Leeper
rec.arts.movies.reviews

[It's] all about how New Yorkers are dealing with the wake of 9/11, but the replication of that off-kilter feeling comes all in the structure of the story and the heightened sense of the absurd that it creates.

Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher | comment Comment
03/09/06
MaryAnn Johanson
MaryAnn Johanson
Flick Filosopher

Rather than lovers or haters, the film is most likely to find indifference from audiences.

Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star | comment Comment
03/08/06
Phil Villarreal
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star

[It's] such a fascinating story.

Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper | comment Comment
03/06/06
Richard Roeper
Richard Roeper
Ebert & Roeper

Contrary to what some critics have said, this is a taut thriller with a conclusion that is not "risible" but credible and cathartic.

Full Review Source: Compuserve | comment Comment
03/05/06
Harvey S. Karten
Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve

The haters are not sorry, and they're the one making this film.

Full Review Source: Greenwich Village Gazette | comment Comment
03/03/06
Eric Lurio
Eric Lurio
Greenwich Village Gazette
 
 
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