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83
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Critic Score

26
Critics' score based on 21 reviews.
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WOW!!!!

October 22,2008
Goodguy889
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A pointless exercise in "shocking" behavior.Full Review

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times

Madonna's directorial debut, Filth and Wisdom, feels more like a collection of scenes than a fully drawn film.Full Review

Claudia Puig
USA Today

The movie is short on wisdom, but it might have gotten by if it had had better filth.Full Review

Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly

Worst of all, the movie's simply not very shocking. Madonna has made a career out of toying with image and ego, but this is a vanity project in the smallest sense possible.Full Review

Ty Burr
Boston Globe

Not 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.Full Review

Manohla Dargis
The New York Times
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