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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63Boston GlobeJay CarrBoston GlobeJay CarrIt's heady in the beginning, chaotic throughout, and numb with the suddenness of the Internet economy's plummet at the end.
- 63Chicago TribuneRobert K. ElderChicago TribuneRobert K. ElderA train wreck you can't help but watch.
- 60VarietyKen EisnerVarietyKen EisnerWhen Sordid Lives does what it does best -- showing Southern gals in the full flight of rabid self-denial -- it's as screamingly funny as this subgenre can get.
- 60New Times (L.A.)Luke Y. ThompsonNew Times (L.A.)Luke Y. ThompsonIt's composed of really long scenes that are mostly dialogue, with transition action imagined or implied only. Couldn't we go outside for at least one scene?
- 50L.A. WeeklyF. X. FeeneyL.A. WeeklyF. X. FeeneySome of the performances are remarkably natural amid so much farce.
- 40Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasHas its moments here and there, but not nearly enough of them to add up to a satisfying movie.
- 30Chicago ReaderTed ShenChicago ReaderTed ShenTo call this campy would be charitable.
- 25San Francisco ChronicleWesley MorrisSan Francisco ChronicleWesley MorrisThe laughs come in all the wrong places when they come at all.