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That's What She Said (film)

That's What She Said is a 2012 American comedy film directed by Carrie Preston, written by Kellie Overbey, and starring Marcia DeBonis, Anne Heche, Alia Shawkat, and Miriam Shor.

That's What She Said
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Directed byCarrie Preston
Written byKellie Overbey
Produced byCarrie Preston
Tai Burkholder
Mona Panchal
Lucy Barzun Donnelly
StarringMarcia DeBonis
Anne Heche
Alia Shawkat
Miriam Shor
CinematographyWilliam Klayer
Edited byAnita Brandt-Burgoyne
Production
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Distributed byPhase 4 Films
Release dates
  • January 20, 2012 (2012-01-20) (Sundance)
  • October 19, 2012 (2012-10-19)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$500,000

Plot

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As Bebe prepares for a big date, her best friend Dee Dee offers nothing but cynical barbs. Meanwhile, sex-crazed Clementine wanders into their lives, sparking a wild adventure through the streets of New York City.

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Release

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The film premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2012, and proceeded to get a limited release on October 19, 2012. After a new release was coming out on November 12, 2024

Reception

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On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 8% based on 12 critics, with an average rating of 3/10.[1] On Metacritic, That's What She Said holds a rank of 22 out of a 100 based on 5 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[2]

Gary Goldstein of the Los Angeles Times wrote: "It's all directed - and played - at fever pitch with an egregious disregard for real-world comportment".[3]

Writing for Entertainment Weekly, Lisa Schwarzbaum commented: "If you see just one repellent femme-owned-and-operated comedy about unpleasant women and a stubborn case of vaginal yeast infection, you might as well make it That's What She Said, since I hope there'll never be another like it".[4]

Matt Singer of Time Out admired the acting by the three lead actresses but mentioned that "it's frustrating, however, when all they get to do is complain about guys who are totally absent from the film".[5]

That's What She Said was also criticized by Stephanie Zacharek of NPR who said: "The road to hell is paved not just with good intentions, but with movies that attempt to capture the way women really talk".[6]

Rachel Saltz of The New York Times pointed out that the film is an "unpleasant comedy about friendship", which "aims to be a female twist on the bromance". She then added: "[Despite its] crude and knockabout [humor], it nonetheless has - like many a bromance - a sloppy, sentimental heart".[7]

Women's lifestyle magazine Bust admitted that "[the director] navigates the everyday crises of modern womanhood with a style of humor that is usually only applied to men",[8] while Nick McCarthy of Slant Magazine called the film "an embarrassing girls-behaving-badly indie romp".[9]

References

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  1. ^ "That's What She Said (2012)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  2. ^ "That's What She Said (2012)". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  3. ^ Goldstein, Gary (October 18, 2012). "Review: 'That's What She Said' better left unsaid". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  4. ^ Schwarzbaum, Lisa (October 19, 2012). "That's What She Said". Entertainment Weekly.
  5. ^ Singer, Matt (October 16, 2012). "That's What She Said". Time Out. Archived from the original on October 22, 2012.
  6. ^ Zacharek, Stephanie (October 18, 2012). "Some Things Are Better Left Un-'Said'". NPR. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  7. ^ Saltz, Rachel (October 18, 2012). "Bawling, Brawling and Boy-Crazy". The New York Times. p. C8.
  8. ^ Magee, Phoebe. "Movie Review: That's What She Said". Bust. October/November 2012.
  9. ^ McCarthy, Nick (October 15, 2012). "Review: That's What She Said". Slant Magazine.
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