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15 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75New York PostNew York PostComes as close as any film to explaining what the deal is with women and shopping.
- 70L.A. WeeklyScott FoundasL.A. WeeklyScott FoundasAs in many of his films, Jaglom establishes a striking intimate rapport with his female subjects, and as the funny and bitter revelations pour forth, an activity that many men may view as something done strictly out of necessity takes on unforeseen narcotic, romantic and therapeutic dimensions.
- 70Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasIt completes an informal trilogy that treats women's anxieties over food, motherhood and now clothes with humor and affection.
- 63New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanThough intermittently shrill, Shopping does have enough moments of insight to blunt charges of sexist stereotyping.
- 60Film ThreatPhil HallFilm ThreatPhil HallJaglom has the good sense to cast the legendary Lee Grant in an extraordinary role.
- 60The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenGoing Shopping, like Mr. Jaglom's other movies, has enough smart, knowing touches and enough easy spontaneity among its well-chosen actors to make you wish it added up to more than what it turns out to be: a flighty, motor-mouthed cinematic divertissement.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenZeroes in on retail mania with a flimsy wire hanger of a premise.
- 38TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxMore cheerful misogyny from writer-director Henry Jaglom.
- 20Village VoiceAkiva GottliebVillage VoiceAkiva GottliebHenry Jaglom's latest study of contemporary female obsessions among a noxious clan of West L.A. bourgeoisie is of more pathological than cinematic interest.