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Shortbus
A group of New Yorkers caught up in their romantic-sexual milieu gather at an underground salon infamous for its carnality.
15 November 1976, Summit, New Jersey, USA
August 28, 2009
Genuinely enliveningJuly 02, 2007
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.July 23, 2007
Shortbus flips through varying moods with overall success, fleshing out the characters who show flesh.July 11, 2016
In Mitchell's casting-a roster of unknowns results in uneven performances that border on bad sometimes, yet he manages to keep it all on track.April 24, 2009
Director John Cameron Mitchell ("Hedwig and The Angry Inch") flaunts cinematic tradition with a raucous sex comedy filled with truly shocking sex acts that underscore his vision of New York as a playground of debauchery.October 30, 2006
Wearing its controversy-courting eagerness to shock on its sleeve, the film aims to challenge taboos, but comes up short.November 11, 2013
This isn't an exploit into pornographic ideals, but a movie with genuine ideas that are completely freed from political correctness.March 04, 2008
Shortbus is not, above all, 'dirty.' What it is, in fact, is a nice movie, one of the nicest to come down the pike since March of the Penguins.October 28, 2006
Few arthouse directors have put real sex to such narratively constructive and credibly, humorously human use.October 26, 2006
A film that's thoughtful and exuberant, achingly sad and wildly funny.November 01, 2006
It runs out of energy before the end.November 01, 2006
One woman's quest for the perfect orgasm may strike sophisticated viewers as the stuff of sexual farce at best, but Sook-Yin Lee's Sofia brings both emotion and eroticism to the proceedings, and for this Mr. Mitchell should be commended.