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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Chicago TribuneChicago TribuneNot for the sexually conservative. Not even for the sexually moderate liberal. It is, however, for the right crowd in the right mood, a very fine film.
- 70Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasNot for everyone, but the open-minded should find it enlightening as well as entertaining.
- 70The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasWhen Porn Theatre stays in the darkness, its minute observations about grindhouse culture are hypnotic in their accumulating detail.
- 70Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumToo preoccupied with personality and emotion to qualify as porn, but still very much concerned with the kind of interaction that goes on in such a place, this is a touching if relatively specialized chamber piece.
- 50New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNolot elicits the last response expected from a movie that's almost entirely about sex: a yawn.
- 40Village VoiceVillage VoiceIn its own quiet if overly studied way, Porn Theatre mourns a time when, for better or worse, we could all get off together.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterBored audiences enduring this talky, aimless film might wish that they, too, were watching the porno film that is seen only in brief snippets.
- 25San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco ChronicleIt's a grueling 70-minute march toward the end credits.