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17 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83IndieWireEric KohnIndieWireEric KohnIn its wonderfully irreverent way, Wrong makes it clear that this reality is never to be trusted as anything more than a succession of strange moments that coalesce into an abstract representation of the subjectivity that traps us all. This is the essence of new film noir, which challenges our perceptions through a series of compellingly ambiguous moments.
- 80SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirAs this wry, dry and glittering near-masterpiece proclaims, life is full of wrongness, but also full of mystery and wonder.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeIf the premise isn't as attention-grabbing as Rubber's was, the execution should help build the filmmaker's following.
- 70Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlVillage VoiceAlan ScherstuhlThe film's heady buzz is invigorating, and there are substantial pleasures—and laughs—to be found in all its real-life-just-gone-sour strangeness.
- 67The A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonThe A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonIt’s a Dada daydream of a movie, but no one who sits through it can complain that they weren’t warned up front.
- 63Chicago Sun-TimesChicago Sun-TimesThe movie is flimsy, glib, and occasionally pretty funny.
- 50VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyA curious tale about a man searching for his missing dog in a suburban bubble where everything is a little askew, has some laughs, but it doesn’t take long for the absurdist humor to pall among a pileup of nonsensical ideas that would be funnier if grounded in a less hazy concept.
- 50Slant MagazineSlant MagazineIt doesn't seem to have any pretensions beyond the regimented unveiling of a parade of odd occurrences, plodding along under the banner of absurdity.
- Plotnick is an appealing actor. He has the same sweetly knit brow and watery blue eyes as Breaking Bad’s Aaron Paul, but his character here is as flat as a pancake. Moreover, if you’ve seen the trailer for Wrong, you’ve seen the movie.
- 40Time OutKeith UhlichTime OutKeith UhlichWeird for weirdness’s sake gets you only so far, however, and when Dupieux tries to connect all these strange goings-on to Dolph’s corporate-drone despondency, the movie takes a spurious turn toward rancid sentimentality. It seems that even a piece of dog excrement has feelings. Yuck.