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(1 - 28) of 28 OFCS Rating: 61% Fresh Page   1   "[Shortbus] will give adults who aren't put off by zoo-naked sex more to talk about, even in disparagement, than anything showing at the Cineplex."   Blogcritics.org   Alan Dale 3/5 "There may be a variety of erotic practices on parade here, but the film leaves viewers with few real insights into either human nature or sexuality."   musicOMH.com   Anton Bitel 8/10 "A fun ride with a satisfying finish. Appropriately enough."   Freeze Dried Movies   Brian Juergens 2/4 "Another telling example (The Brown Bunny, Anatomy of Hell, Bellocchio's Devil in the Flesh) that hardcore sex seems better suited to hardcore sex films."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   David N. Butterworth 1/4 "...the end result [is] a movie that has little to offer all but the most avant garde viewer."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair B- "Oozes hardly more than body fluids in its telling tale."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 2.5/4 "Mitchell uses a dubious but vividly aestheticized tableau of New York City to sweep in and out of the lives of characters whose problems are so weakly articulated they hardly inspire sympathy."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez 4/5 "Bajo la piel de una pel%uFFFDcula sexualmente muy expl%uFFFDcita hay un delicado y sensible estudio de personajes, sus relaciones, sus frustraciones, y una irreverente y fresca mirada a la Nueva York pos-11 de setiembre."   Uruguay Total   Enrique Buchichio B "Offers poignant and comedic insight into sex and relationships through some very honest, forthright performances."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 2/4 "If Mitchell's attempt was to bring moments like this to the mainstream of nonchalant intimacy, he fails since the sex scenes have the atmosphere of exhibitionism more than an expression of love or feeling."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress C- "Rankly sentimental...though the prudish should definitely steer clear, what ultimately derails Shortbus is that it's actually far less daring than it pretends to be."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 2/4 "Mitchell has stated that his goal with Shortbus was to make a serious film that incorporates hardcore material. To an extent, he has done that. The problem is it's not a good movie."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 2/4 "All manners of sexual behavior ultimately detract from a poignant message about the slim and subtle connections between physical and emotional love."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth "Breaking the taboos of movie sex allows [Mitchell] to set them aside and get at a deeper understanding of the ways that sex can connect us and the ways that, no matter how we might wish otherwise, it never can."   Pajiba   Jeremy C. Fox "The kind of film that keeps Rick Santorum up at night."   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick 3.5/5 "full review in Greek"   Movies for the Masses   Joseph Proimakis "If you want to explore the ideas of love and emotional permeability while seeing a narratively complex world of sexual self-exploration to which few are privy, then this is the movie for you. Otherwise, run for your life."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery "Prozac porn."   Slant Magazine   Keith Uhlich 3/5 "Shortbus is perhaps the most wittily and gleefully performed feature film to contain actual sex scenes."   Film-Forward.com   Kent Turner "Someday, possible soon, possibly not, an ambitious director will make a provocative, creatively-satisfying motion picture with unsimulated [sex]."   Pretentious Musings   Kevin Koehler 3/4 "[Mitchell's] greatest innovation may be stripping on-screen sex of its heavy symbolic freight and letting it be as silly, serious, intense or detached as the people having it."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh C+ "Never amounts to more than a case of hardcore triviality."   Lessons of Darkness   Nick Schager 5/5 "Simply brilliant."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline 5/5 "Shortbus flips through varying moods with overall success, fleshing out the characters who show flesh."   eFilmCritic.com   Rob Gonsalves C+ "Sex and the self-centered."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten B "Shortbus is sexually explicit, yes, but it is more about the people portrayed and how they cope with their ever-changing lives as they find themselves."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 2.5/4 "Rises above late-night basic cable trash thanks to the courageous cast and Mitchell's accomplished direction."   Charlotte Weekly   Sean O'Connell "The movie is so open about sex, and approaches it with such affectionate bewilderment, that it feels like an anomaly in our so-called sex-obsessed culture: I've felt sleazier looking at ads for Captain Morgan's rum."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek  (1 - 28) of 28 OFCS Rating: 61% Fresh Page   1