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Maladies

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A successful actor retires at a young age and lives in a small town with his deranged sister and his best friend. The film follows the foibles of its the main characters as they seek to resolve 'maladies' that make it difficult for them to relate with one another and cope with themselves.
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Paste Magazine
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March 20, 2014

Ultimately it adds to the eternally ongoing cinematic conversation about artists and the quirks (healthy and otherwise) that define them.
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The Playlist
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March 21, 2014

...we basically wanted to punch the film in the face.
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AV Club
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March 20, 2014

It courts pretension with blithe disregard at every turn.
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New York Observer
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March 19, 2014

Overrated, overexposed and overindulgent, James Franco is all over the place, like cow chips in the abandoned pasture of a derelict farm.
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Movie Mezzanine
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March 23, 2014

The only thing more notable than Maladies's pretentiousness is how harmless that pretentiousness feels.
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RogerEbert.com
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March 21, 2014

"Maladies" remains on too low a boil to communicate any sense of stakes for the various characters. It seems to be trying to say something about creativity, and living one's life on one's own terms, but it's a muddle.
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Film Journal International
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March 21, 2014

This is Franco's second directorial collaboration with the artiste who goes by the name of Carter, and hopefully they won't push their luck further.
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Village Voice
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March 18, 2014

The social construction of illness is certainly a worthy topic, but Carter situates his characters far from any semblance of a plot and even further from his heart.
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Examiner.com
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March 20, 2014

If there's any point to be made it's lost in a sea of meaningless quirk masking as profundity.
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Los Angeles Times
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March 20, 2014

A pretentious head-scratcher involving would-be artistic expression, mental illness and shaving cream (don't ask).
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Screen International
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September 14, 2016

Despite its big-name cast (Catherine Keener is on impressive form), most viewers will find it an impossibly pretentious, drifting picture that, while brimful of pseudo-philosophising, lacks substance where it matters.
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