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Full Frontal

R Released Aug 2, 2002 1h 41m Comedy Drama List
39% Tomatometer 146 Reviews 27% Popcornmeter 5,000+ Ratings
"Full Frontal" is a contemporary comedy and the unofficial sequel to "Sex, Lies, and Videotape." Linda would love to be loved. Carl loves his wife, Lee. Lee is looking to be loved by Calvin. Calvin plays Nicholas who discovers he's in love with Catherine. Catherine, who is really Francesca, finds true love. And Gus loves himself. Like "Day For Night," Steven Soderbergh's "Full Frontal" is a movie about movies for people who love movies.
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An confusing movie made worse by the poor camera work.

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David Ansen Newsweek Soderbergh's playfully experimental spirit should be saluted, even if the end product looks like it was more fun to make than it is to watch. Mar 8, 2018 Full Review Nell Minow Common Sense Media Some vivid moments, but overall, just so-so. Rated: 3/5 Dec 24, 2010 Full Review Nev Pierce BBC.com Rated: 4/5 May 12, 2003 Full Review Jas Keimig The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Clearly, a low-budget affair and, plotwise, a bit fractal. But I strangely like how navel-gazey Full Frontal ended up being... Dec 9, 2021 Full Review David Walsh World Socialist Web Site Soderbergh imagines that he can play around with artistic and moral issues, but he is only fooling himself. Feb 16, 2021 Full Review Tim Brayton Antagony & Ecstasy The most dense, fascinating collage of notions and meta-narrative references and formal tinkering in Soderbergh's whole career. Rated: 10/10 Feb 11, 2010 Full Review Read all reviews

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Georgan G I really liked the experimental effects and hilarious comedy. This movie about a play within a movie within a movie was so fun. Even the title is a play on words as the ultimate question for an actor, i.e., are you willing to do a full frontal? Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/19/24 Full Review Stephen L I thought the plot was a bit too regular lame long winded to attract and keep an audience other than a old fashion revenge movie plot. The story had a few great parts, (1) in particular when Terrance Stamps tosses that guy over the railing, however, most of the movie dragged along. The story seemed to be a N old fashion revenge movie that his daughter dies a fawl death and a father goes after and gets the bad guys, however, no thought of staying in line with making this a great must recommend memorable movie, by having another girl passing away, not Terrace Stamps daughter, leaving him to go after the bad guys, yet not knowing his daughter is alone after running away would of kept the audience glued to watch and rave about the movie as a twist was needed to make it come alive. Anyway, my thoughts at best. I saw the original screening in San Francisco at the San Francisco Film Institute prior to its official release. I knew one of the producers who seemed to Arrange a private screening for friends and afterwards a cocktail party. This is a review for "The Limey". As this review is not for "Full Frontal". That movie sucked major wind. My mistake. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/20/23 Full Review Audience Member As a comedy without jokes, it's incredibly dull Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member I get the negative reaction, but I had a pretty good time with this. I think I just have a high tolerance for Soderbergh's shenanigans; I liked Bubble and The Girlfriend Experience after all. I thought the multiply-nested structure of films-with-films was compelling, and it's also pretty funny. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Soderbergh is so busy trying to create his movie-within-a-movie -- and, in at least one instance, his movie-within- a-movie-within -a-movie -- that he botches the enclosing movie. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member they keep losing my review-grrrr Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis "Full Frontal" is a contemporary comedy and the unofficial sequel to "Sex, Lies, and Videotape." Linda would love to be loved. Carl loves his wife, Lee. Lee is looking to be loved by Calvin. Calvin plays Nicholas who discovers he's in love with Catherine. Catherine, who is really Francesca, finds true love. And Gus loves himself. Like "Day For Night," Steven Soderbergh's "Full Frontal" is a movie about movies for people who love movies.
Director
Steven Soderbergh
Producer
Scott Kramer, Gregory Jacobs
Screenwriter
Coleman Hough
Distributor
Miramax Films
Production Co
Miramax Films, Section Eight Ltd., Propaganda Films
Rating
R (Some Sexual Content|Language)
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 2, 2002, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 29, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$2.5M
Runtime
1h 41m
Sound Mix
Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, SDDS, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)