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11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenThe film's distance from factual reality oddly enhances its bleak underlying vision. It portrays a demoralized American work force fearfully going through the motions of life while waiting without much hope for things to get better.
- 75The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinWhile the film's social-satire elements are flat and overly familiar, its dry absurdity is unmistakably Lynchian.
- 75TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghGroundlings alumnus Prendergast's dark comedy, drawn from on his own family experiences, is firmly rooted in messy, selfish, often-unappealing human behavior rather than self-referential irony and juvenile goofiness.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleWalter AddiegoSan Francisco ChronicleWalter AddiegoEventually comes into its own as a wacky commentary on the state of America in the fifth year of the Iraq war.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterThe film is an ambitious mix of slapstick, black comedy and stinging social commentary.
- 70Village VoiceVillage VoiceCatches the nation's mood of economic anxiety and workplace exploitation more pungently than anything else in theaters.
- 63New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickStrange and quirky.
- 50VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyKabluey is short on the cutes and ca-ca jokes. But it's also short on substance, despite a watchable supporting cast and an amiable overall tenor.
- A dark piece of whimsy that enchants and befuddles in equal measure.
- 30Austin ChronicleAustin ChronicleQuirky and undisturbed, unaffected and unaffecting.