Critic Reviews

• Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune

  Candor wins points almost anywhere, and that's what Zahedi has, in spades.

• Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

  That self-indulgent documentary form, the biographical essay film, earns its most onanistic installment ever.

• Wesley Morris, Boston Globe

  The narrowness of [Zahedi's] sexual repertoire is the springboard for a charming and boundless homemade sort of filmmaking.

• Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times

  ... Zahedi tries to construct a narrative from his epic bad behavior, presumably for the purpose of shedding light on something. What this is remains mysterious after a single viewing, but not so mysterious as to inspire a second.

• Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer

  The filmmaker's ability to at once mock himself and consider his dilemma with compassion transforms an otherwise smarmy tale into something honest and insightful.

• Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

  Zahedi demonstrates that he's a diary-film maker who can transcend confession -- and its lurid cousin, exhibitionism, too.

• Rob Gonsalves, eFilmCritic.com

  The movie nonetheless can't sustain the thin interest of a man's obsession with outlaw fellatio.

• Eric Monder, Film Journal International

  This strange little movie is a mixed bag, hard to eagerly recommend but also hard to completely dismiss.

• Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com

  a fun and unique movie that isn't soon forgotten

• Matt Pais, Metromix.com

  Even if you can keep it in your pants, you'll be tickled and intrigued by Zahedi's look at why he couldn't.

• Steve Schneider, Orlando Weekly

  At 98 minutes, Addict demands an investment not repaid by its basic unpleasantness.

• Jeff Vice, Deseret News, Salt Lake City

  Self-involved and self-indulgent. It's almost as if [Zahedi] made the movie for himself, for his loved ones and for no one else.

• Sean Means, Salt Lake Tribune

  Making this confessional film may have been therapeutic for Zahedi, but it's pure torture for an audience.

• Rob Thomas, Capital Times (Madison, WI)

  Zahedi is wry and certainly fearless as he pours his sex life onto the screen, but around the ninth time he goes cruising for prostitutes it gets a little hard to take.

• Phil Villarreal, Arizona Daily Star

  Zahedi pulls off the difficult trick of making you despise, pity and admire him. You get the feeling it's been much the same for the women in his life.

• MaryAnn Johanson, Flick Filosopher

  I kinda don't wanna burst Zahedi's bubble, because at least he's being open and exploratory and honest about how infatuated with himself he is, which is more than can be said for most men, but still: Bwahahaha, get over yourself, dude.

• Timothy Knight, Reel.com

  ... the film's flaws stem from 'TMZ' -- too much Zahedi.

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