Meet Monica Velour 2010

Nick Schager, Time Out: From dirty-movie parodies to the achieving of one's misfit dreams, Keith Bearden's coming-of-age dramedy adheres to the flaccidest of formulas. Read more

Tom Long, Detroit News: You really come away wishing Cattrall could take this character to a more serious film. Who better to show the flip side of beauty? Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: The role of a former star of the ''golden age'' of porn sounds perfect for Kim Cattrall, and she handles it nicely - at least, in the rare moments when this indie comedy isn't terminally contrived. Read more

Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter: Better than its premise would suggest, the film works to the degree that it does thanks to the well-drawn characterizations and the frequent doses of sly, subtle humor. Read more

Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: In some ways this film's biggest failing is that it can't decide whose story it is telling, his or hers. Read more

Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: Watching Tobe circle the drain in an open-mouthed daze, like some sort of unwanted goldfish, is absolutely no fun at all. Read more

Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: [A] herky-jerky story. Read more

Lou Lumenick, New York Post: Cattrall, who gained weight for a role in which she looks every one of her 50-something years, makes "Meet Monica Velour" more involving than it sounds. Read more

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: Like a fledgling Will Ferrell, Mr. Ingram embraces his inner nerd with mouth permanently agape and hair sprouting like florets of burned broccoli. But this is Ms. Cattrall's movie all the way. Read more

Rex Reed, New York Observer: Harmless coming-of-age stuff, but you've seen it all a million times. Read more

Rick Groen, Globe and Mail: Pretty good performance, awfully lame movie. Read more

Linda Barnard, Toronto Star: Had first-time director Keith Bearden been as devoted to keeping Meet Monica Velour on track as he did to coming up with punderful porn flick names, he could have had a satisfying dark comedy on his hands. Read more

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Michelle Orange, Village Voice: The result is unbalanced by cartoonish flourishes -- Ingram's performance being the chief offender -- that overpower Cattrall's subtler character work. Read more