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24 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIs alive, and takes chances, and uses the wicked blade of satire in order to show up the complacent political correctness of other movies in its campus genre.
- 75New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickI laughed harder at Pumpkin than at any other film I've seen this year -- but be warned: This dark campus comedy is not for all tastes, or probably even most tastes.
- 70Washington PostMichael O'SullivanWashington PostMichael O'SullivanAn odd and oddly endearing romantic black comedy.
- 60The New York TimesDana StevensThe New York TimesDana StevensThe filmmakers try to balance pointed, often incisive satire and unabashed sweetness, with results that are sometimes bracing, sometimes baffling and quite often, and in unexpected ways, touching.
- 60Film ThreatFilm ThreatIt rebounds in the last moments and I thought successfully blended satire, high camp and yet another sexual taboo into a really funny movie.
- 58Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle Post-IntelligencerCombining the fairy-tale idealism of "Edward Scissorhands" with "Hairspray's" devilish sarcasm, the directors try for the sincerity of a message movie while affecting the hip facade of satirists.
- 50The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe film doesn't seem to know how it feels, much less how others are supposed to feel about it.
- 50Portland OregonianKim MorganPortland OregonianKim MorganJas some nice moments, a great soundtrack and some wonderful works by the dark-even-while-light Ricci.
- 40L.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonL.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonOff sorority row, the movie goes flat for increasingly long stretches, with the filmmakers displaying so little understanding of or genuine feeling for the mentally challenged that they never advance past stutter-and-stumble humor.
- 25New York Daily NewsJami BernardNew York Daily NewsJami BernardWitless, insulting satire of sorority girls that shamelessly ridicules the mentally challenged. The filmmakers aren't exactly Mensa candidates themselves.