Uncle Kent

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Uncle Kent

2011

1h 12m

Comedy

Drama

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Though he hopes to get her into bed, a cartoonist's visit with a woman he met in a chat room does not go exactly as planned.

Dan Sullivan

Film Comment Magazine

Uncle Kent is much too intriguing to be discarded as merely twee, softcore hackwork.

Nov 7, 2013

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Jordan Hoffman

UGO

If you come in midway you'll think you stumbled upon some unedited webcam feed, but this is, I suppose, the new aesthetic of the avant-garde

Rated: B-

Feb 1, 2011

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Richard Brody

The New Yorker

The prolific and daring independent filmmaker Joe Swanberg captures the loneliness of the long-term D.I.Y. artist in the age of social networking.

Jan 24, 2011

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Ray Pride

Newcity

"Hi, where have you been all my life?" may be learned behavior, but it always sounds good up close... [A] sense of life-just-happens and what-the-------just-happened, those instants just before cheeks flush and unwelcome memories etch.

Mar 17, 2015

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Charlie Lyne

Ultra Culture

At 72 minutes, it's hardly a big ask.

Apr 29, 2012

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Brandon Judell

CultureCatch

Swanberg seems to be making films that can be mistaken for reality TV shows, except his characters are the type that would never be considered for such programming because they are a bit too uncolorful, almost but not quite milquetoast-y.

Jun 25, 2011

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Tanya

Whole lotta nuthin,' unless you enjoy watching a moment-by-moment of people sitting around doing almost nothing. Flirting like 11 year olds.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

12/13/23

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Audience Member

Funny and soberingly ambivalent, Uncle Kent is a mumblecore masterpiece

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Audience Member

Ok in all honestly wtf did I just watch. If they were trying to make a movie to make me feel as uncomfortable and weird as possible they did their job . I only give reviews of movies that suck btw

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Audience Member

Swanberg's experimental and scrappy little movie is filled with interesting insights as we watch a middle age actor playing a variation of himself. While he is seems determined to prove he not only loves his career and his life -- it isn't long before we notice this is not the truth of "Uncle Kent" As we move through his week, we not only see the awkwardness and unease intensify with each interaction -- we can almost feel his loneliness edging toward isolation. This film is far too observed to be dismissed.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Audience Member

Sexual realism and likable characters help move Uncle Kent into tolerable mumblecore waywardness, although it lacks any semblance of the accessibility and more polished directing of later Swanberg editions.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Audience Member

I'd really never knowingly watched a mumblecore film before. The films seem to inspire strong feelings (one way or another), which sort of mystifies me since this film seemed so slight ... entertaining enough, but barely there. Kent Osbourne of "SpongBob SquarePants"/"Adventure Time" fame seemingly plays himself. He meets a much younger girl on Chatroulette, she comes to stay with him in LA, he tries to sleep with her and mostly fails. I was engaged enough to watch, but nobody seemed like a real person which seems wrong for such a lo-fi enterprise.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Synopsis

Though he hopes to get her into bed, a cartoonist's visit with a woman he met in a chat room does not go exactly as planned.

Director: Joe Swanberg
Producer: Kent Osborne, Joe Swanberg
Screenwriter: Joe Swanberg, Kent Osborne
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 4, 2017
Runtime: 1h 12m

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