Rotten
The generational conflict -- overly ambitious parents and their disaffected millennial children -- plays so on-the-nose it almost seems like satire, but it's really just bad writing.
Stephan Lee, Entertainment Weekly
Affluenza
FILTHY RICH, MORALLY BANKRUPT
2014 · 1h 25m · Not Rated
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Kevin Asch
Overview
An aspiring young photographer finds himself caught up in a heady world of money, sex, and privilege when he moves to wealthy Long Island in the summer of 2008.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
20%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Kevin Asch's sophomore feature attempts to tackle weighty themes but ultimately feels as shallow as the lives of most of its principal characters.
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
Rotten
"The Great Gatsby" Lite screenplay by Antonio Macia hasn't the sharpness of satire or the momentousness of an American tragedy, veering instead toward middling melodrama.
Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times
Fresh
An empty recasting of 'The Great Gatsby' among Long Island rich kids circa 2008.
Andrew Barker, Variety
Fresh
Straining to find a correlation, even metaphorical, between teenage hedonism and economic collapse, "Affluenza" never coheres.
Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times
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