Metacritic Movie Ratings
Damsels in Distress Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 75

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  Stillman writes his own dialogue, and is a master of clever double-reverse wit.

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• 70

  out of 100

  The New York TimesA.O. Scott

  Even if it did not have other charms, this peculiar, uneven campus comedy would be worth seeing for the delightful felicity of its dialogue.

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• 70

  out of 100

  VarietyLeslie Felperin

  Stillman proves he still knows how to write crackling, articulate dialogue for quirky preppie characters whom he loves laughing at as much as with.

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• 70

  out of 100

  Village Voice

  The thing that Damsels and its damsels value above all else - outside of well-timed, well-phrased, slyly deployed witticisms (Stillman hasn't lost a step) - is sure to rankle mavericks on both sides of the aisle. Forget the economy - it's about conformity, stupid.

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• 70

  out of 100

  The New YorkerAnthony Lane

  Given the earnest mayhem that prevails at your local multiplex, there is surely a place for a lightly mocking modernist with a growing distaste for the modern. [9 April 2012, p.84]

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• 70

  out of 100

  The Hollywood Reporter

  Highbrow campus-comedy from long-lost Whit Stillman is a flawed but frequently hilarious comeback.

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• 58

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum

  Gerwig can't make her character come alive, though, and neither can Adam Brody as one of their neediest male cases. In the midst of the froufrou, lovely, stalklike Analeigh Tipton (Crazy, Stupid, Love) is delightful as a student who enjoys being normal and living in this century.

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• 50

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  These are hardly damsels, but the distress will be felt by audiences watching the collection of non sequiturs, twee remarks and tangential vignettes that is Damsels in Distress.

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• 40

  out of 100

  Los Angeles Times

  Stillman too often substitutes pith for insight, until even that is drowned out by the sound of him chortling into his sleeve.

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