Year of the Carnivore

2009

1 hr. 28 min.

Comedy

Drama

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A girl has a crush on a boy who thinks she's bad in bed so she goes out to get more experience.

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I like this film and Cristin Milioti.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Cristin Milioti is the cutest thing on earth.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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what starts out as a cute quirky comedy about a crippled nerd, slooowly moves to point where we find our heroine trying to find love and deal with her inexperience with sexual matters. She deals with a guy that doesnt know she exsists and typical parents that are clueless and still try to control here and what she does in her life. there are ute scenes and funny bits but over all its drags and after a while you don't really care what happenes to our nerdly girl.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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A nerdy grocery store detective begins "sexual training" to earn the affections of a musician. Cristin Milioti, aka the girl with the yellow umbrella, shines in the lead role, but the film is troubled by the fact that very few of the characters are at all likable. Normally, unlikeable characters aren't a problem for me, but when the object of the protagonist's affections is an utter dick, we judge the protagonist; we all put on our "gay best friend" hats and say, "Girl, you're so much better than this." Some of the situations Sammy finds herself in are chuckle-worthy (the mother teaching Sammy how to use a vibrator and the resulting threesome), but that's about the extent of the film's humor. Overall, Ted's future wife is quirky and adorable, but her film choice needs improvement.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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a delightful lil indie comedy i really enjoyed this it was a 3 yuck movie also it was nice to see the actress from one of my all time indie faves' i 've heard the mermaids singing" as the mom in this.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Nice little film, but rather one-dimensional. Would've worked better if we saw some real chemistry between the protagonists. A bit more local color, minor characters and conflict would've filled out the film better.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Sook-Yin Lee

Director

Cristin Milioti

Sammy

Mark Rendall

Eugene

Ali Liebert

Sylvia

Kevin McDonald

Mr. Smalls

Sheila McCarthy

Mrs. Smalls

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Rick Groen

Globe and Mail

Any picture with a legitimate claim as a good sex comedy is obliged to be (a) sexy and (b) comic. If neither, then what's left?

Rated: 1/4

Jun 18, 2010

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Peter Howell

Toronto Star

A decidedly quirky yet endearing comedy that wears its Juno crush like a hickey -- and I mean that in a good way.

Rated: 2.5/4

Jun 17, 2010

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Jim Slotek

Jam! Movies

All in all, there's a sweetness to The Year of the Carnivore that survives its flaws. It is not successful as a comedy in the sense of there being a lot of laughs. But it is an interesting and different character portrait.

Rated: 3/5

Jun 11, 2010

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Rated: 2.5/4

Jan 1, 1800

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Synopsis

A girl has a crush on a boy who thinks she's bad in bed so she goes out to get more experience.

Director: Sook-Yin Lee
Screenwriter: Sook-Yin Lee
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (DVD): Apr 5, 2011