Year of the Carnivore

Year of the Carnivore (2009)

  • 52% of users liked it
    (146 ratings)

Sammy Smalls (Cristin Milioti), a twenty-something tomboy, wants to find love that will stick, and a job that doesn't make her queasy with guilt (she hunts down shoplifters at the local grocery stoe and delivers them to her abusive boss). Most of all, she wants to be better in bed -- but how does a… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 28 min.
Directed By
Sook-Yin Lee, Sook Yin Lee
Written By
Sook-Yin Lee
Genres
Drama, Musical & Performing Arts, Comedy
On DVD
Jun 2, 2009

Critic Reviews

  • Rick Groen, Globe and Mail

    Any picture with a legitimate claim as a good sex comedy is obliged to be (a) sexy and (b) comic. If neither, then what's left?

  • Peter Howell, Toronto Star

    A decidedly quirky yet endearing comedy that wears its Juno crush like a hickey -- and I mean that in a good way.

  • Jim Slotek, Jam! Movies

    All in all, there's a sweetness to The Year of the Carnivore that survives its flaws. It is not successful as a comedy in the sense of there being a lot of laughs. But it is an interesting and different character portrait.

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  • Dead A


    It was okay. Kinda reminds me of someone from real life. But not great enough to recommend.

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