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Movie Overview
Cast
• William H. Macy
• Julia Stiles
• Joe Mantegna
Director
• Stuart Gordon
MPAA Rating
R - for violence, strong language, and sexual content including nudity and dialogue.
Edmond (2006)

REVIEWS
NEWS
INTERVIEWS
OTHER
OFCS Rating: 67% Fresh
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8/10
""Edmond" is beyond black comedy, it's a comedy in almost total stygian darkness. A comedy where the laughs make you cough up razor blades."  PopMatters  Brian Holcomb

2/5
"a fussy little movie that wants to be much more controversial and important than it is."  Filmcritic.com  Chris Cabin

3/5
"Edmond is a failure as a story, but it's such a provocative and involving failure that it's worth a peek or two."  eFilmCritic.com  David Cornelius

C
"None of it rings true for even a NYC second."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

"A compact one act play ill translates into a hurried almost thirty-location shoot, a logistically plagued one at that. "  ReelTalk Movie Reviews  Donald J. Levit

3/5
"Hoy d%uFFFDa, (...) una pieza como Edmond no resulta todo lo inquietante que deber%uFFFDa. Eso quiz%uFFFDs sea lo verdaderamente llamativo."  Uruguay Total  Enrique Buchichio

3/4
"Edmond plays like Eyes Wide Shut meets Falling Down with a dash of Fight Club, although Mamet's original play debuted way back in 1982 before any of those films existed"  eFilmCritic.com  Erik Childress

"David Mamet's genius as a weaver of words and observer of human interaction is put on full display here ...."  DVD Review  Felix Gonzalez Jr.

3.5/5
"Mamet's script may not be entirely convincing as either satire or social commentary, but in Macy's hands, poor, pathetic Edmond's story finds its shocking, darkly funny resonance."  Los Angeles Alternative  Jay Antani

2/4
"Like Paul Haggis's Crash, the characters speak their minds so fully (or lie about their feelings so transparently) that the stuff which should be bubbling under the surface is constantly rising in fiery tirades."  Slant Magazine  Jeremiah Kipp

3.5/4
"A consistently stimulating viewing experience."  MovieMartyr.com  Jeremy Heilman

B
"...Gordon brings this hellish and funny look at one man's freefall into his basest instincts just the right touch of reality viewed through fun house mirrors."  Reeling Reviews  Laura Clifford

2.5/4
"Mamet's paranoid rant...is as bilious as ever, but time has overtaken and defanged it."  TV Guide's Movie Guide  Maitland McDonagh

4/5
"Under Gordon’s eye, Macy draws pity for a character who feels nothing beyond his own suffering."  Film Threat  Matthew Sorrento

C+
"Fails to offer any insight into its main character's motivations."  Lessons of Darkness  Nick Schager

3/5
"Edmond is presented as the cold truth, but it's really just the truth of how the masculinist Mamet feels."  eFilmCritic.com  Rob Gonsalves

4/5
"It's not exactly a "happy" movie, but it sure is a fascinating one."  DVD Clinic  Scott Weinberg

"Click here to see review"  Wolf Entertainment Guide  William Wolf

Read review  Shadows on the Wall  Rich Cline
OFCS Rating: 67% Fresh
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