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21 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60Village VoiceVillage VoiceThere's an undeniably funky charm and abiding can-do spirit to this loose-knit portrait of three London flatmates trying to make their way in the world.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThe movie is short on wisdom, but it might have gotten by if it had had better filth.
- 50SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirA charming but silly love letter to a vanished era of urban bohemia?
- 50USA TodayClaudia PuigUSA TodayClaudia PuigMadonna's directorial debut, Filth and Wisdom, feels more like a collection of scenes than a fully drawn film.
- 30The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisNot that Madonna has gone in for originality, which isn't really her thing: rather, instead of repurposing a genre, she has riffled through the art-house catalog for inspiration, as evidenced by the film's intentionally grubby visual texture, jumpy editing, direct-address commentary, freeze frames and other tricks.
- 25The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasMadonna presents the three leads as flawed but essentially decent and redeemable, but they're bound up in a story that's meant to affirm a vague set of values. If she needs to justify the "Sex" book by charting her own contrived path from filth to heavenly wisdom, that's fine. But she should do it on her own time.
- 20The Hollywood ReporterRay BennettThe Hollywood ReporterRay BennettRagged, uneven and potholed with some dire dialogue and performances.
- 20VarietyVarietyIneptly written and helmed story of three Londoners, although quite bad, does have a few redeeming features.
- 10The New YorkerAnthony LaneThe New YorkerAnthony LaneMadonna's mess of a movie grabs at the rub and rancor of multiculturalism, which it proceeds to squash into a litter of clichés, or, more simply, insults.
- 0New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierAn atrocious mess.