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70
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The New York Times Jeannette Catsoulis
A novel teenage comedy with an astute understanding of adolescent sexual confusion and the nebulous nature of desire, Zerophilia suggests an elastic view of gender that's alternately gleeful and terrifying.
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63
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New York Daily News Jack Mathews
Oddest-of-the-year romantic comedy.
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50
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TV Guide Ken Fox
Anyone who understands the meaning of the title or catches all the frog references scattered through writer-director Martin Curland's feature debut will have a head start understanding this confused and confusing comedy.
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50
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Variety
Plays like a throwback to such transformative adolescent anxiety romps as "Teen Wolf" and "Just One of the Guys," this time aiming at a slightly less innocent crowd.
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42
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The A.V. Club Noel Murray
All the nudity in Zerophilia is either prosthetic or body-doubled. Which means the sex scenes--and the feeling and meaning behind them--are just as phony.
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40
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Chicago Reader J.R. Jones
The gender-bending comedy of Billy Wilder and Blake Edwards gets a teenpic makeover in this 2005 debut feature by Martin Curland.
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30
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Village Voice
A case of provocative issues at the mercy of unskilled execution, Zerophilia is a psychological-horror comedy that pokes its toe into dangerous sexual waters but then scurries away.
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25
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Chicago Tribune Michael Phillips
A half-silly, half-earnest indie with the soul of a John Hughes-era sex comedy.
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25
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New York Post V.A. Musetto
There's plenty of material here for a dark comedy, but director Martin Curland isn't up to the job. His film - like Luke - plods along, unsure of exactly what it's supposed to be.
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