Critic Reviews

• Lou Lumenick, New York Post

  Laughless, pointless and downright creepy.

• Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News

  Ask yourself: If you saw an unknown, single man repeatedly approach kids in the park, would you be concerned? If so, you may not find Paul, and his unbalanced Peter Pan complex, quite as charming as Paige does.

• Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times

  A comedy about a suspected gay pedophile is something even Mel Brooks might balk at, but Say Uncle would have benefited from his ability to turn bad taste into good feature.

• Michael Rechtshaffen, Hollywood Reporter

  As written and portrayed by Paige, his protagonist comes across a lot less like an oddball, misunderstood naif than he does an irritatingly self-absorbed loser with some serious boundary issues.

• Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

  A movie that made my skin crawl.

• Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

  [Peter] Paige has created an engaging and insightful entertainment with considerably more substance than most small-budget, independent gay films.

• David Noh, Film Journal International

  Ultimately, Paul's plight is just not that interesting, and when the neighborhood stridently turns against him, the film veers into absurdity.

• Don Willmott, Filmcritic.com

  Frankly, I wouldn't want him touching my toddler.

• Ed Gonzalez, Slant Magazine

  I did after five minutes, and so will you.

• Frank Ochieng, Movie Eye

  Paige's radical approach to this unsettling material tip toes in the echoes of dark absurdity. Say Uncle comes off as an irresponsible, unthinkable and creepy concoction

• Ken Fox, TV Guide's Movie Guide

  Paige makes a strong debut as a writer/director with this original black comedy.

• Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Daily News

  Peter Paige's Say Uncle aims to be a dark comedy about the dangers of preconceived ideas, but the movie plays as a broad cartoon that speaks to the peril of having no ideas as a filmmaker.

• Kim Williamson, Boxoffice Magazine

  A film that has a lot going for it, including supporting roles by the likes of Kathy Najimy and Melanie Lynskey, Say Uncle -- which lead actor/filmmaker Peter Paige mischaracterizes as a comedy -- nonetheless founders.

• Andy Klein, Los Angeles CityBeat

  ...[the hero is] such a mess that you wouldn't trust him with anything, let alone your kids.

• Felix Vasquez Jr., Film Threat

  Say Uncle is both a heartbreaking tale of loss, and a cautionary tale to parents out there, and there won't be a dry eye in the house when the film is finished.

• Scott Foundas, L.A. Weekly

  You'll be begging for mercy well before the end of this self-righteous, thoroughly unsavory 'farce.'

• Ed Gonzalez, Slant Magazine

  Page makes the mistake of arguing a thorny case from the same juvenile perspective of his colossally self-absorbed character.

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