Meet Monica Velour (2011)

Critic Reviews

• Rick Groen, Globe and Mail

  Pretty good performance, awfully lame movie.

• Linda Barnard, Toronto Star

  Had first-time director Keith Bearden been as devoted to keeping Meet Monica Velour on track as he did to coming up with punderful porn flick names, he could have had a satisfying dark comedy on his hands.

• Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

  The role of a former star of the ''golden age'' of porn sounds perfect for Kim Cattrall, and she handles it nicely - at least, in the rare moments when this indie comedy isn't terminally contrived.

• Tom Long, Detroit News

  You really come away wishing Cattrall could take this character to a more serious film. Who better to show the flip side of beauty?

• Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter

  Better than its premise would suggest, the film works to the degree that it does thanks to the well-drawn characterizations and the frequent doses of sly, subtle humor.

• Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger

  Watching Tobe circle the drain in an open-mouthed daze, like some sort of unwanted goldfish, is absolutely no fun at all.

• Prairie Miller, Long Island Press

  Cattrall does what she does best, pushing boundaries unapologetically. And there's not a hint of lewd intentions, but plenty of saucy satire surrounding US culture's sexual contradictions, in a geek's determined fantasy romance bypassing cougar labels.

• Ross Ruediger, Bullz-Eye.com

  From a plot standpoint, there isn't much that's remarkable about it, yet its two central figures are so honestly drawn that they make up for any predictability along the way.

• Brian Orndorf, BrianOrndorf.com

  Blessed with a promising concept for a dark comedy, "Meet Monica Velour" would rather tug heartstrings or script repetitive behavior from derivative characters.

• Philip Wilding, Empire Magazine

  Beautifully acted, it's a tender love story with one or two belly laughs.

• Matthew Turner, ViewLondon

  Enjoyable coming-of-age comedy drama with an engagingly off-beat script, some appealing production design and two terrific central performances from Kim Cattrall and Dustin Ingram.

• Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall

  There's a scruffy, honest charm to this film that keeps us involved, even though the rough edges are ultimately worn down by what seems like an over-developed script. But a strong central performance wins us over.

• Liz Braun, Jam! Movies

  Meet Monica Velour is an uncomfortable mix of humour and drama, a hybrid sex farce/coming of age story distinguished by an attractive weirdness.

• Corey Hall, Metro Times (Detroit, MI)

  I could have lived a thousand life times blissfully unaware of what Brian Dennehy's flabby ass cheeks look like, but these are the occupational risks.

• Kurt Loder, Wide Screen

  A low-key indie of determined charm. Kim Cattrall's brave and affecting performance as an over-the-hill '80s porn star is reason enough to see it.

• Richard Mowe, Boxoffice Magazine

  Cattrall embraces her 49-year-old character with open arms and gives a fine performance full of strength, vulnerability and also sexual chemistry.

• Marshall Fine, Hollywood & Fine

  Dustin Ingram is a Jon Heder-wannabe, which is not something that anyone should want to be.

• David Noh, Film Journal International

  Coming-of-age awfulness.

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