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Stateside Review

Other Critics provided by Metacritic.com

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

  • 2.0
    35

    out of 100

    Metascore®
    Generally unfavorable reviews
    based on a weighted average of all
    critic review scores.

  • 20

    out of 100

    The New York Times Stephen Holden

    An unsalvageable mess.

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  • 25

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

    If you were looking for an actress to play a tempestuous, schizophrenic movie-slash-rock star, you might go for Courtney Love or Angelina Jolie, or maybe even Jennifer Connelly. But Rachael Leigh Cook?

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  • 30

    out of 100

    Variety Robert Koehler

    Partially biographical story of a rich kid's unplanned encounter with the Marines and his even more random romance with a schizophrenic movie starlet is contrived and emotionally incomplete, and strained further by self-consciously cockeyed dialogue.

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  • 38

    out of 100

    Chicago Tribune Robert K. Elder

    Ultimately, Stateside ends up a diluted, scattered drama--less than the sum of its parts, but with an impressive cameo list.

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  • 40

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times

    The film is plagued by Anselmo's inability to focus on the heart of his story.

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  • 40

    out of 100

    The Hollywood Reporter Sheri Linden

    The finely observed moments in Stateside accumulate little emotional power. The promise of something startling and compelling goes unfulfilled, and the arc of the central love story isn't interesting enough to sustain the drama.

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  • 50

    out of 100

    Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

    The performances are strong, although undermined a little by Anselmo's peculiar style of dialogue, which sometimes sounds more like experimental poetry or song lyrics than like speech.

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