Price Check 2012

Stephen Holden, New York Times: Parker Posey cuts a ferociously funny swath through Michael Walker's "Price Check," a corporate comedy that tells you more than you ever wanted to know about the hypercompetitive world of retail marketing. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: Posey, her attention divided up into slivers, is funny as hell, but she's also terrifying in her evocation of a kind of moment-to-moment PowerPoint existence. Read more

Justin Lowe, Hollywood Reporter: A workplace comedy that knows how to mine a substantial vein of situational humor. Read more

Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: A you-are-there slip-and-slide that follows a supermarket chain's pricing department exec whose life gets upended by a whirlwind new boss. Read more

Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: Walker finds a few fresh veins to mine, and some nice performances. Read more

Scott Tobias, NPR: [Posey] inspires. She terrorizes. Whatever it takes to get the job done. Read more

Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: Disjointed, tonally numb and short of laughs, this indie comedy hasn't got a fresh ingredient in it. Read more

Kyle Smith, New York Post: A hilarious Parker Posey provides her customary blast of brittle energy in "Price Check," an engaging corporate comedy. Read more

Alonso Duralde, TheWrap: It never feels like Walker seems all that interested in pursuing any of these ideas once he's raised them. Read more

Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out: These conference-room banalities have been better explored elsewhere, and the effort here feels like a rough draft. Read more

John Anderson, Variety: [A] charming and slightly unhinged low-budget comedy. Read more

Chris Packham, Village Voice: Although Posey renders Susan's instability and dominance with gusto, the character's vulnerability and pain are manifest. Read more