Kabluey 2007

Stephen Holden, New York Times: In the recent epidemic of comedies about 30-something men in the throes of severe arrested development, he is one of the most pitifully incompetent losers. Read more

Nathan Rabin, AV Club: In costume and character, Prendergast is a little funny and more than a little sad. So is the film. Read more

Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: A dark piece of whimsy that enchants and befuddles in equal measure. Read more

Mark Bourne, Film.com: ...a low-key comedy perfectly tuned for our times. Read more

John Anderson, Newsday: Prendergast seems clueless that an excess of pure weirdness won't lead to an excess of laughs. It won't. Read more

Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: The funniest movie I've seen this year. Read more

Lou Lumenick, New York Post: Kabluey, which has no discernible political agenda, is wildly uneven and often seems like a short stretched to feature length. But it's also kind of oddly endearing. Read more

Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: It's a sweet, ingenious, twisted and surreal comedy, kind of Samuel Beckett by way of Adam Sandler. Read more

Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle: While it borrows from obvious sources, Kabluey eventually comes into its own as a wacky commentary on the state of America in the fifth year of the Iraq war. Read more

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Dennis Harvey, Variety: Short on substance, despite a watchable supporting cast and an amiable overall tenor. Read more

Jim Ridley, Village Voice: The Austin-shot movie catches the nation's mood of economic anxiety and workplace exploitation more pungently than anything else in theaters. Read more