Sluggishly paced and shot in the sort of grubby digital video that renders even the dewiest skin tone liverwurst gray, the film comes across as little more than a series of acting workshop exercises wrapped in a tissue of cliché.
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VarietyDavid Rooney
VarietyDavid Rooney
This kind of episodic chain of interlocking encounters has become a formulaic favorite in American indie cinema, and Mattei's take on the genre is narrow and schematic.
What keeps Love in the Time of Money from being truly awful is the fact that the actors give it their all -- they may be in contrived situations, but by golly they'll make the best of them.
Anemic chronicle of money grubbing New Yorkers and their serial loveless hook ups.
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Miami HeraldConnie Ogle
Miami HeraldConnie Ogle
The idea, I suppose, is that love connects us all, even when it goes wrong. Fortunately, even love doesn't usually go quite so badly as this movie does.
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New York PostMegan Lehmann
New York PostMegan Lehmann
An exercise in cynicism every bit as ugly as the shabby digital photography and muddy sound.
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San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
Neither original nor presented in a convincing way.