SummaryWriter-Director Hal Hartley takes a humorous and satirical look at a society concerned only with instant gratification and voyeuristic sensationalism. (MGM)
Directed By:Hal Hartley
Written By:Hal Hartley
No Such Thing
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
36
User score
Generally Favorable
7.6
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
36
5% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
67% Mixed
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
29% Negative
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
70
The movie is not exactly an upper, but Hartley fans won't want to miss the latest creation of this consistently intelligent director.
50
Less an American product than an international escapade, it's the kind of pigeonhole-resisting romp that Hollywood too rarely provides.
50
An uneasy mixture of tragedy, satire, monster yarn and David Cronenberg creepiness, No Such Thing can't decide what it wants to be or how it needs to get there.
42
Hartley is trapped between sincerity and mock sincerity, and that all but dooms a filmmaker to slipping through the cracks.
40
Does he (Hartley) succeed? Not with a movie this plodding, peevish and gimmicky. Is it fun to watch him try? Me, I'll take failed ambition over hack efficiency any day.
25
No Such Thing is inexplicable, shapeless, dull. It doesn't even rise to entertaining badness.
10
Deadly dull in stretches, and just plain embarrassing in others.
User score
Generally Favorable
7.6
75% Positive
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
17% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
8% Negative
1 Rating
1 Rating
Nov 28, 2012
10
This is possibly my favorite movie ever. It's not for everyone, but if you like unique, intelligent, creative, engaging films you better not pass up on this one. Don't go into it with expectations of some Hollywood-esqe experience, this is a very different creature. I almost never watch movies more than once, but I have a desire to watch this movie pretty much annually. If you like this movie, check out other films by Hal Hartley (Henry Fool, Book of Life, etc). I've never seen one I haven't been impressed with.
Production Company:
- American Zoetrope
- Icelandic Film
- True Fiction Pictures
Release Date:Mar 29, 2002
Duration:1 h 42 m
Rating:R
Tagline:A modern day fable.
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Awards
Golden Trailer Awards
• 1 Nomination
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
• 1 Nomination
