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17 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70L.A. WeeklyF. X. FeeneyL.A. WeeklyF. X. FeeneyIt's great unruly fun.
- 60The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenThe movie looks and feels like a frantic, live-action psychedelic cartoon.
- 50VarietyDerek ElleyVarietyDerek ElleyHas some fine individual moments but fails to cohere into a grander, more substantial statement on the themes it aspires to tackle.
- 50Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasThis starry ensemble dazzles, but the film never comes fully alive until its climactic 20 minutes, which are deeply moving.
- 40Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversQuite a spectacle, but the movie falls flat.
- 40Film.comRobert HortonFilm.comRobert HortonA weirdly stillborn experience.
- 38Boston GlobeJay CarrBoston GlobeJay CarrConsumerism is running more amok than ever, but this satire of it isn't.
- 30TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghVonnegut's brand of juvenile surrealism...doesn't age especially well...but it could hardly be worse served than to be brought to the screen with such ham-fisted literal-mindedness.
- 25San Francisco ExaminerWesley MorrisSan Francisco ExaminerWesley MorrisThis is the most-off-the-mark adaptation of a novel since Brian DePalma's what-was-that "Bonfire of the Vanities."
- 0Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanA movie so unhinged it practically dares you not to hate it.