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Barkley Michaelson is in a deep life rut. He's struggling to finish his PhD thesis when his father, the learned Eli Michaelson, wins the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Barkley and his mother, Sarah, a renowned forensic psychiatrist, now have the ill-fortune of living with a man-eating monster whose philandering ways have gotten less and less discrete. As if Barkley's world is not bad enough, on the eve... See Full Description
| Genres: |
Comedy, Drama and Thriller |
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| Running Time: |
1 hr. 50 min. |
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| Release Date: |
December 5th, 2008 (limited) |
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| MPAA Rating: |
R for some violent gruesome images, language and sexuality. |
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| Distributors: |
Freestyle Releasing, LLC
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| U.S. Box Office: |
$333,912 |
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| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade:
C-
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Boston Globe, Wesley Morris
"Not flagrant enough to be vile, not original enough to be any good..." more...
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C |
Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert
"...a mercilessly convoluted version of a Twister, that genre in which the plot whacks us as if it's taking batting practice." more...
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B |
Chicago Tribune, Michael Phillips
"A ripe premise left out in the sun too long..." more...
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C- |
Entertainment Weekly, Owen Gleiberman
"...Randall Miller (Bottle Shock), appears to be trying to cross a bad Elmore Leonard thriller with a bad indie-festival family-angst comedy." more...
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D |
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