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Closing Escrow

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Closing Escrow

PG

Released Aug 24, 2007

1h 35m

Comedy

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Three quirky families collide when they try to buy the same property.

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Frank Scheck

The Hollywood Reporter

The obviously improvised proceedings -- at least let's hope they're improvised -- fail to produce the desired laughs, with frequent pauses after punch lines that will only result in lengthy silences.

Sep 25, 2007

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John Anderson

Variety

A sometimes laugh-out-loud send-up of homebuyers' worst instincts, the extreme behavior of real-estate agents and what happens when the certifiably insane save enough for a down payment.

Sep 5, 2007

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Lael Loewenstein

Los Angeles Times

A spoof, sometimes a funny one, and sometimes just plain overkill.

Rated: 2.5/5

Aug 30, 2007

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Martin Tsai

New York Sun

“Closing Escrow” very quickly exhausts the repertoire of antics of these buyers and realtors, most of which are more cringe-worthy than funny.

Apr 21, 2023

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Andy Klein

Los Angeles CityBeat

... more or less in the Christopher Guest vein, but with nowhere near as many laughs.

Sep 12, 2007

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Scott Weinberg

Cinematical

Escrow isn't as polished or consistent as the best of its sub-genre -- but it's pretty dang funny for the most part.

Rated: 3.5/5

Aug 31, 2007

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This movie is the best movie I've seen in years. It is a real riveting thriller. I was stuck to my seat. If you like realestate, drama, action, and comedy, this movie is for you!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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Very true to life, funny, view of real people!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/15/19

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Audience Member

Best in Show version of real estate.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Audience Member

Pretty funny film. My brother made me watch it one night and fully enjoyed it.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Sometimes laugh out loud funny documentary that runs out of steam about half the way through. Wendi McLendon-Covey is hilarious as the racist real estate agent from hell though.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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Funnier than I expected, but I was expecting an unmitigated disaster. Wendy McLendon-Covey, as you might have guessed, is fantastic, but the news is that she is more fantastic than you might have guessed she would be. She's not that far off from Clemmy Johnson, but then, she doesn't need to be, because Clemmy Johnson is fabulous. In any improv-mockumentary, you're going to have actors who take their characters' quirks too far; fortunately, this only happens very rarely here. On the downside, many of them are merely amusing rather than truly funny. I found myself waiting impatiently for McLendon-Covey's next appearance.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Armen Kaprelian

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Kent G. Llewellyn

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Synopsis

Three quirky families collide when they try to buy the same property.

Director: Armen Kaprelian, Kent G. Llewellyn
Producer: Kristen Cox
Screenwriter: Kent G. Llewellyn
Distributor: Magnolia Pictures
Production Co: PixelMonger, Awkward Silence Productions, HD Vision Studios, 16x9 Productions
Rating: PG (Thematic Elements|Crude Humor|Language|Incidental Smoking)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 24, 2007, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 29, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA): $5.8K
Runtime: 1h 35m

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