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Filth and Wisdom Review

Movies.com Critics

0.5

Dave White Profile

...dumb pile of nothing. Read full review

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Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 2.0
    26

    out of 100

    Metascore®
    Generally unfavorable reviews
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    critic review scores.

  • 20

    out of 100

    Variety

    Ineptly written and helmed story of three Londoners, although quite bad, does have a few redeeming features.

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  • 20

    out of 100

    The Hollywood Reporter Ray Bennett

    Ragged, uneven and potholed with some dire dialogue and performances.

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  • 30

    out of 100

    The New York Times Manohla Dargis

    Not that Madonna has gone in for originality, which isn't really her thing: rather, instead of repurposing a genre, she has riffled through the art-house catalog for inspiration, as evidenced by the film's intentionally grubby visual texture, jumpy editing, direct-address commentary, freeze frames and other tricks.

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  • 50

    out of 100

    USA Today Claudia Puig

    Madonna's directorial debut, Filth and Wisdom, feels more like a collection of scenes than a fully drawn film.

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  • 50

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

    The movie is short on wisdom, but it might have gotten by if it had had better filth.

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  • 50

    out of 100

    Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

    A pointless exercise in "shocking" behavior.

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Worst. Movie. Ever. by elana303
This is, quite possibly, the worst movie ever made. By creating it, I believe Madonna is attempting to destroy all that is good in the world. Even the brilliance that is Gogol Bordello and Eugene Hutz could not save this pretentious nonsense. I cringed through 90% of the film. Reading one book about screenwriting/ storytelling, or even a short article about oh, I don't know, [I]character development[/I], would have made this 10 times better, and that's not saying much. The statement that has been made by this film is that you don't have to have any talent, skills, or knowledge to produce films. You just have to have a huge amount of cash and an ego to match. I don't normally get offended enough by a film to log back into the movie site the next to talk trash about it, but this was awful. I feel like I need to protect the eyes of potential viewers.

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