Maladies

Released Mar 21, 2014

1 hr. 36 min.

Drama

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5%

19 Reviews

Tomatometer

33%

100+ Ratings

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A successful actor retires at a young age and lives in a small town with his deranged sister and his best friend.

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The worst kid of film: pretentious, but without *any* depth. James Franco directed himself, in one of the most annoying performances I've seen in a while. Yuck.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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There's some unique genius to MALADIES, but the greater part of it seems to be a series of thrown together bits and themes which hope to provoke the art house appreciators into taking something profound from the film.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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James Franco is powerful!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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James Franco, Fallon Goodson and Catherine Keener at their best! A bit of doubt remains on the character of Delmar...who is he? what does he represent? Great photography while the plot misses that 'extra' substance. Overall pretty good

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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Overall this film was enjoyable to watch. The characters are very unique in all the things that are going on with them. It seems that most of the characters are flawed in different ways, which all seem to be sort of mental disabilities (mainly James Franco's characters and Fallon Goodson's). There was great humor in the film and David Strathairn's character "Delmar" was quite funny to watch. With great performances done by all the actors, I expected this to be a very good movie. I was lead to disappointment near the end of the film to when the things I was hoping to find out about the characters never came to light, which included many plot holes which lead to things being a little confusing. Carter's directing (Yes, this movie isn't directed by James Franco as RT says) was very interesting and unique, but the overall story seemed to lack content. I was very drawn into all of the characters, but I was expecting some sort of large transformation to occur that would make me feel at ease. Other than that, my overall impression of the movie was good. I can recommend this to people who are fans of James Franco and Catherine Keener, and also Fallon Goodson.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Ted Carter

Director

James Franco

James

Catherine Keener

Catherine

Fallon Goodson

Patricia

David Strathairn

Delmar

Vince Jolivette

Officer Jolivette

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Candice Frederick

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For what it's worth, there's nothing outrageously awful about the film... It's just utterly bland.

Rated: D+

Sep 5, 2017

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Jessica Kiang

The Playlist

...we basically wanted to punch the film in the face.

Rated: D+

Mar 21, 2014

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Leah Greenblatt

Entertainment Weekly

A mess that will no doubt meet a merciful box office death.

Rated: D

Mar 21, 2014

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

For a film that seems to be exploring the difficulty in creative expression, Maladies seems afflicted by an inability to say much at all.

Rated: 1.5/5

Aug 29, 2019

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Carmen Gray

Screen International

Despite its big-name cast (Catherine Keener is on impressive form), most viewers will find it an impossibly pretentious, drifting picture that, while brimful of pseudo-philosophising, lacks substance where it matters.

Sep 14, 2016

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Dan Schindel

Movie Mezzanine

The only thing more notable than Maladies's pretentiousness is how harmless that pretentiousness feels.

Rated: C-

Mar 23, 2014

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Synopsis

A successful actor retires at a young age and lives in a small town with his deranged sister and his best friend.

Director: Ted Carter
Executive Producer: Fallon Goodson
Screenwriter: Ted Carter
Distributor: Tribeca Film
Production Co: Most Films, Dot Dot Dot Productions, Tribeca Film, Stardust Pictures, Movie Trailer House, RabbitBandini Productions, Most / Rice Films
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 21, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 25, 2014

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