Fresh
Shortbus is not, above all, 'dirty.' What it is, in fact, is a nice movie, one of the nicest to come down the pike since March of the Penguins.
Mark Bourne, Film.com
Shortbus
Open your mind. And everything else.
2006 · 1h 41m · Not Rated
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
John Cameron Mitchell
Overview
In post-9/11 New York City, an eclectic group of citizens find their lives entangled, personally, romantically, and sexually, at Shortbus, an underground Brooklyn salon infamous for its blend of art, music, politics, and carnality.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
69%
Tomatometer
Fresh
One woman's quest for the perfect orgasm may strike sophisticated viewers as the stuff of sexual farce at best, but Sook-Yin Lee's Sofia brings both emotion and eroticism to the proceedings, and for this Mr. Mitchell should be commended.
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
Rotten
It runs out of energy before the end.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Rotten
Wearing its controversy-courting eagerness to shock on its sleeve, the film aims to challenge taboos, but comes up short.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Fresh
Few arthouse directors have put real sex to such narratively constructive and credibly, humorously human use.
Ben Walters, Time Out
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