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Storytelling

Storytelling

2001
Comedy, Drama
1h 27m
Storytelling is comprised of two separate stories set against the sadly comical terrain of college and high school, past and present. Following the paths of its young hopeful/troubled characters, it explores the issues of sex, race, celebrity and exploitation.
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Storytelling

2001
Comedy, Drama
1h 27m
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Avg Percentile 53.08% from 889 total ratings

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Rated 10 Dec 2009
84
72nd
Genuinely amazing. Says so much about the creative process while also being incredibly effective as a Solondz dark comedy. The scene where Vi reads out her short story is perhaps one of my favourite ever.
Rated 28 Sep 2012
75
52nd
While periodically very funny, and engaging throughout, something just didn't add up in this film. The absence of a likeable character is at first interesting and fun, but too soon becomes a painful exercise in seeing how inappropriate characters can be. The younger brother in the 'non-fiction' section is particularly guilty here. However, Giamatti is as watchable as ever, and I was left with a feeling that the film wanted to say something, but couldn't get the words out.
Rated 21 Jul 2007
70
66th
Some tense and profoundly uncomfortable scenes, typical of Solondz. I liked it.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
79
40th
Was only watching for the "orange box..."
Rated 14 Aug 2007
64
59th
While it isn't the genius that is Happiness, it is still a fine little film.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
84
81st
Fascinating. Not sure if the segments balance entirely, as "Fiction" is more interesting than "Non-Fiction," but enthralling throughout.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
55
11th
This is one of those movies, that not only sucks, but annoyingly promotes itself as an intellectual film. ugh.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
88
64th
Everyone says, this is Todd Salondz's downfall , it's too long, blahdee blue, blah dee blee. But c'mon, this is a good movie. Just for Tod, it's one of his weaker ones but in general it's nice and wrong in so many ways. Tod loves wrong. Todd always has strong, strong characters. I especially appreciated the over politically correct character that Selma Blair plays in the first story. She fucks her black lecturer because she doesn't want to reject him and be seen as a 'racist' even t
Rated 14 Aug 2007
79
70th
A bit too reponsive towards his critics, Todd Solondtz nevertheless packs a lot of laughs and some sharp insight into the creative process through this comedy.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
75
77th
Another good effort from Solondz. Shockingly brutal but darkly funny too.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
83
82nd
The movie is good enough. Watching tiny Selma Blair get pounded from behind by a huge balck man makes this a must see
Rated 14 Aug 2007
76
35th
The "Fiction" segment seems out of place, though the second "Non-Fiction" segment is brilliant. Even though both segments were wonderfully shaped in a small amount of time, "Fiction" suffered because the attachement with the audience only lasts about fifteen minutes.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
80
75th
Thoughtful, witty and of course outrageous... Solondz's best film.
Rated 16 Sep 2007
40
11th
Dull movie
Rated 06 Dec 2007
50
38th
It feels like You, Me and Everyone We Know set in the world of Elephant. And this is in no ways at all a bad thing.
Rated 07 Feb 2008
18
6th
I was confident enough that I'd like this movie to buy the DVD sight unseen. What a mistake. At the time, I named it the worst movie I'd ever seen. Also -- the movie was marketed as having this cool Belle & Sebastian soundtrack, which was pretty misleading. I lost any faith I had in Todd Solondz after this one.
Rated 23 Feb 2008
3
61st
I definitely prefer act one to act two. I think "fiction" does a better job preserving its bleak tone whereas "nonfiction" occasionally diffuses the mood with absurd humor. While I still like each act, I would have preferred it if Solondz expanded "fiction" a little more.
Rated 14 Apr 2008
60
69th
where is the cumshot?
Rated 11 May 2008
7
68th
Uncomfortable and tense - typical Solondz. Although it's no Happiness, it's pretty good. I wish 'fiction' was a bit longer though. I dug the Belle and Sebastian as well.
Rated 27 Jul 2008
85
80th
Being the first Solondz flick I ever saw, I didn't know what to expect. Well, it makes you feel awkward, it challenges -- no, dares -- you to laugh and it's a solid movie through and through.
Rated 24 Aug 2008
35
4th
Hey Solondz, you can't shock me, man...
Rated 15 Sep 2008
87
83rd
A wonderful meta-commentary on the art of storytelling and its effects.
Rated 31 Jul 2009
70
67th
Enjoyable.
Rated 30 Aug 2009
60
58th
Either you go in for this sort of intellectual junk or you don't. As a story about storytelling, i think it was quite interesting, and not unentertaining as a movie with plots & characters stuff. At least it's not pretentious, which would be an easy trap.
Rated 30 Sep 2009
9
97th
More misanthropic fun from Solondz. Less focused and not as hilarious as his other works but I still thought it was great.
Rated 04 Dec 2009
83
69th
Score is primarily for the second story, though the first is not without its charm I guess. That is probably not the right word.
Rated 18 Feb 2010
80
68th
Some reviewer or another described this as "a big ol' bucket of misanthropy". Well, that's exactly what I've always liked about Todd Solondz
Rated 28 Feb 2010
6
54th
Amusing and worth a look if you like Solondz.
Rated 08 Jun 2010
80
67th
Todd Solenz has such a view on things...depressing to the point of darkly amusing. This movie is not his best work but oh lord he pushes the boundaries again esp. the Selma Blair love making scene with the black man and what she starts having to say...and the scene where the woman tells a kid what rape is...this movie is not for everyone
Rated 20 Oct 2010
20
41st
"Fear permeates the whole of Storytelling, Todd Solondz' oftentimes funny, yet ultimately cowardly autocritique." - Ed Gonzalez
Rated 10 Dec 2010
72
43rd
The "fiction" storyline could have been longer I feel, though the sex scene and story read out were great. The "non-fiction" is the meatiest and most intriguing part as it peers into the common American teenagers thoughts and satires the adult point of view.
Rated 15 Dec 2010
45
53rd
All points for fiction. So dark, so so so dark (that even i would comment on it says a lot)
Rated 29 Jul 2011
25
17th
A pathetic attempt of creating a second version of Donnie Darko. The sociopathic family is dull, and hypnotizing is just embarrassing. The only thing that does make it worth watching is the meaning of rape.
Rated 07 Oct 2011
47
40th
trashy af
Rated 19 Nov 2011
84
88th
What I learned from this movie: the subtle differences between fiction and non-fiction, the emptiness of the lives of common Americans...and to never piss off an El Salvadorian housemaid.
Rated 17 Dec 2011
95
98th
Todd Solondz tells gives us two stories about storytelling - one concerns a fictional short story college class, and the other concerns a would-be director working on a documentary about a sullen teenage pothead and his suburban Jewish New Jersey family. Like most of his work, it's scathing and unapologetic about its honesty. This is one of the least polarizing of Solondz' works, and yet it still features some scenes that will make the viewer laugh nervously.
Rated 11 May 2012
80
49th
Pure Solondz.
Rated 30 Dec 2012
94
94th
Amazing
Rated 13 Jan 2013
75
65th
Top badass moment? I'm not for a moment suggesting it's something anyone else should look to emulate and she was a bit of a nutter on the quiet, but Consuelo's way of dealing with unemployment was an interesting and radical departure from the norm. A definite bit of thinking outside the box badassness. 1 cat, no chainsaws or decapitations. A lovely grey and black stripy cat gets a brief bit of 'lap-action', but overall I felt it was very underutilised. A wasted opportunity.
Rated 05 Oct 2013
67
34th
66.500
Rated 25 Oct 2015
75
59th
Do not think you're without responsibility.
Rated 30 Apr 2017
92
94th
Took me until the ending of the Fiction story to really vibe with this, but that ending and the Nonfiction ending are astonishing. Solondz is a master of the macabre and sometimes flirts with taboo subjects just for the humour, but other times cruelly inspects more important topics like lying and aspirations with a solidly post-Columbine post-'90s level of cynicism. I'm not a fan of the music, but the writing is (as the title demands) incredible and only as self-reflexive as you want it to be.
Rated 11 Oct 2020
71
46th
Once you start writing it all becomes fiction.
Rated 11 Oct 2021
63
57th
Very Solondz, interesting themes, but not as good of an execution

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