I Melt with You 2011

Kathleen Murphy, MSN Movies: ...music video masquerading as movie, all whacked-out sound and fury, signifying nothing. Read more

Stephen Holden, New York Times: By the end, you feel nothing, not even contempt. Read more

Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out: After the halfway mark, it's too much, with director Mark Pellington displaying little intent to criticize. Read more

Noel Murray, AV Club: A movie about self-absorbed douchebags that wallows in their douchebaggery. Read more

Todd McCarthy, Hollywood Reporter: An aggressive look at men behaving badly will provoke strong reactions pro and con. Read more

Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: A fanfare for the common jerk that taints every '80s-era alt-rock soundtrack tune it touches, "I Melt With You" assuredly marks itself as one of 2011's most ludicrous releases. Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: If it weren't played so very straight, this jaw-dropping thriller might pass for an accurate satire of Hollywood self-indulgence. Instead, it serves as a prime example. Read more

Kyle Smith, New York Post: The movie captures, as well as any other, the feeling of partying into oblivion, minus the next-morning internal pitchfork stabs. Think of a wild friend you wouldn't want to emulate but can't let go of. Read more

Rex Reed, New York Observer: They should have called it I Vomit With You. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: It really is good, albeit in ways that are different from other movies. Read more

Robert Koehler, Variety: A weekend romp for four middle-aged buddies devolves into a drug-fueled, suicidal hell in Mark Pellington's ill-conceived and executed I Melt With You. Read more

Aaron Hillis, Village Voice: Stylish cinematography and an awesome punk-and-new-wave soundtrack make the early, music-video-like montages of debauchery at least trashy entertainment, but the film's second half couldn't be more contemptible... Read more