Rotten
The insight-neutral scrag ends of what feels like ten decent documentaries on censorship, semantics, social policy and broadcasting coalesce in this painfully self-satisfied and poorly made 'shock-doc'.
David Jenkins, Time Out
Fuck
The one word that brings all people together - and then sets them apart
2006 · 1h 33m · Not Rated
Documentary
Directed by
Steve Anderson
Overview
A documentary on the expletive's origin, why it offends some people so deeply, and what can be gained from its use.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
56%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Anderson's glib approach is to the movie's advantage, allowing anything profound to seem unexpected.
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
Rotten
But in the end, F*CK is at most a compendium of opinions and examples, and never feels like a story.
Jennie Punter, Globe and Mail
Rotten
But F*** gives short shrift to a question that many moviegoers may well ponder: How, exactly, has this word become a substitute for wit, or, in many movies, for dialogue?
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Fresh
If anything, the most vivid impression created by the movie is how much fun the word's use can potentially be and how its power is inevitably emboldened in direct proportion to the forces of decency lined up against it.
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star
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