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www.filmthreat.com - : Film Threat - With “I Heart Huckabees,” Russell has come up with some interesting ideas and amusing dialogue, but having it come from the mouths of such thick-headed characters only makes it clear how little there really is to like about any of them. If you want to listen to the deliberately eccentric lament their place in the universe, go check out your local midtown coffee bar. Watching them suffer from spiritual breakdowns onscreen might be good for the odd laugh, but it doesn’t make for great cinema. more...
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www.hollywoodreporter.com - : Hollywood Reporter - The only problem is, despite the unique premise and some truly inspired casting, the picture remains stuck in an existential rut of its own. Every time it seems like it's going to move forward, its absurdist themes are instead rerun in a continual loop with steadily diminishing comedic returns. more...
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movie-reviews.colossus.net - : ReelViews - Much of what appears on the surface to be deeply philosophical is, in fact, satirical. Huckabees does present a pair of competing life views - that everything is interconnected or that truth is derived only through pain and isolation - but observes that, in the case of these characters, neither approach is more obviously effective. Russell is openly critical of those self-righteous individuals who believe their way is ''the'' way. more...
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B
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movies2.nytimes.com - : New York Times - ''I ♥ Huckabees'' is a comedy of dialectics, in which opposing dualities slug it out like wounded lovers, but it's nothing if not deeply sincere. Mr. Russell and his co-writer, Jeff Baena, are clearly furious about the state of things (you name it) but, like Jon Stewart, they slide in the knife with a smile. The film's Trojan horse strategy reaches its apotheosis in Tommy, a figure of both comedy and unexpected pathos. more...
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