Despite the appearance of numerous free-speaking conservatives, the movie's partisanship leans nakedly to the left.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: A.O. Scott
Is this evidence of cultural decline? It's hard to think of a short answer that wouldn't be made more vivid by the insertion of the forbidden word. So skip it. No, not the movie. What, are you kidding me? No way. Go. Help yourself.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Carina Chocano
Often surprising and thought-provoking (the urge to euphemize is characterized as a drift away from reality), "****" is as funny and cathartic as the word it celebrates, and nearly as perversely shock-happy.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Andrew O'Hehir
It's essentially a mishmash of random ingredients, not very systematically presented and skewed to flatter its audience's presumed enlightenment.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: Rob Nelson
Aside from the historically worthy identification of General George S. Patton as a pioneering potty mouth, the film contains little or nothing in the way of surprise.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Stephen Hunter
A documentary on the F-word that manages to amuse superficially until it moves into its seventh hour, at which point it grows wearisome.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lisa Schwarzbaum
Examination of one of the English language's most useful utterances and why the sound packs such a friggin' wallop.Read Full Review »
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