Come as You Are

Released Feb 14, 2020

1 hr. 47 min.

Comedy

Drama

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95%

55 Reviews

Tomatometer

79%

100+ Ratings

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A traveling nurse takes three disabled men on a road trip to Montreal so they can lose their virginity at a brothel.

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Critics Consensus

Come As You Are approaches sensitive subjects with heart and humor, taking audiences on a thoroughly entertaining road trip to a crowd-pleasing destination.

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buaya d

roadmovie mixed perfextly with dark comedy.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/22/23

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bill b

Well done. Great story line, deep characters. Ignore the goofballs talking about who should play these roles. A value-less theme of "sex is the goal to happiness" but still a warm and optimistic story

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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catherine w

Funny, moving, it opened my eyes to things I hadn't thought about before.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

Wonderfully adapted and elevated by the performances of its actors. Brilliant lessons of humanity. 9/10

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Audience Member

sooo good. man. i wont soon forget this hidden gem.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/01/21

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Audience Member

This gentle drama-comedy is the kind of film I normally catch up with in-flight when we can travel by planes. Essentially a road movie crossed with a teen comedy, except they aren't teenagers (the oldest, in fact, is in his thirties here) but two guys in wheelchairs and a third who's blind who have decided to lose their virginities at a special brothel that caters for guys like them. Richard Wong's film is a remake of a Belgian movie which in turn was inspired by the real story of Asta Philpot, and you can see the struggle on screen where real events invoking natural emotional reactions sit not entirely comfortably next to fictionalized elements from which dramatic tensions and comedic potentials are mined. It's a good thing that Erik Linthorst's script generally keeps sentimentality in check and the film moves things along in a mostly sensitive and brisk manner. Sometimes, too briskly, as if scenes are missing, for example, in establishing how Grant Rosenmeyer's Scotty and Hayden Szeto's Matt go suddenly from strangers to best mates. Luckily, the cast is likeable, and at this point, I'm inclined to be more forgiving, for a small budgeted indie like this, about casting able-bodied actors in the main roles. However, I'm less forgiving about Matt's conveniently unnamed condition which was never explained properly so that it can act as the excuse for more than a few narrative surprises that create emotional and poignant dramatic moments I'm not sure the film has properly earned. While it does have its heart in the right place, it couldn't help tripping over itself by trying too hard to add pathos to what's really just a sweet little film about one of the most normal thing in the world: trying to get laid.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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Richard Wong

Director

Grant Rosenmeyer

Scotty

Hayden Szeto

Matt

Ravi Patel

Mo

Gabourey Sidibe

Sam

Janeane Garofalo

Liz

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Kermode & Mayo's Film Review

A missed opportunity...but the film itself is funny, and doing something not generally done in mainstream cinema...an interesting film with a central issue within its casting...but it is funny and it is frank...

Aug 18, 2020

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Donald Clarke

Irish Times

All in all, about 200 per cent better than it reads on paper (though the title is still unforgivable).

Rated: 3/5

Jul 20, 2020

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Charlotte O'Sullivan

London Evening Standard

Come As You Are thinks it's radically inclusive. Come again?

Rated: 3/5

Jul 18, 2020

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Robert Roten

Laramie Movie Scope

Based on the 2011 Belgian film, 'Hasta La Vista,' this movie about three young handicapped men on a clandestine road trip looking for love is funny, heartwarming and emotive.

Rated: B+

Mar 8, 2021

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Stephen Applebaum

Radio Times

Though not perfect, this warm-hearted tale of friendship and shared humanity is a fun ride worth taking.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 19, 2020

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Katie Hogan

VultureHound

It's not only refreshing to see disabled characters front and centre but to have a story that everyone can understand that everyone just wants to be treated like everyone else, no barriers.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 8, 2020

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Synopsis

A traveling nurse takes three disabled men on a road trip to Montreal so they can lose their virginity at a brothel.

Director: Richard Wong
Executive Producer: John Baca, Hans Canosa, Geoffrey Enthoven, Markie Glassgow
Screenwriter: Erik Linthorst
Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Films
Production Co: Chicago Media Angels, The Black List, Florida Hill
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 14, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 9, 2020

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