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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Dallas ObserverAndy KleinDallas ObserverAndy KleinAt first glance, Schizopolis may seem like no more than a grab-bag of tricks and gimmicks, but repeat viewings reveal a more coherent pattern.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleIt's fresh, unexpected and goofy. It's not a smart career move, just a film that its director wanted to make for some crazy reason, and he made it.
- 70The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe A.V. ClubKeith PhippsFast-paced and ambitious, it never bores, and Soderbergh proves himself interesting to watch in addition to being gifted behind the camera.
- 67Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenIt's just that audiences are going to have a hard time tidily summarizing what it is they just experienced (and I suspect the same holds true for Soderbergh himself).
- 50Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasSoderbergh has lots to say but this time seems to lack the confidence to express himself seriously.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment WeeklyWhen it works, it's the best film of the year. When it doesn't, take cover.
- 40The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinIt winds up illustrating the very emptiness it mocks.
- 25TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghA painfully self-conscious comedy that mistakes relentless self-referentiality for cleverness, this half-witted misfire is filled with accelerated motion, repeated and overlapping scenes, direct address to the camera and other cliches of defamiliarization.
- 20Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumGiven the audacity, it would be a pleasure to report that the results are hilarious, but most of it isn't even funny, and the sense of "anything goes" hangs heavy over the film as it develops.
- 20VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthySome of the filmmaker's keen intelligence remains on display, but only in fractured and often obscure form, and pic overall gives the impression of a giant expurgation of negative feelings about things in general rather than a carefully articulated brief on recognizable subjects.