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Movie critics combined give Pumpkin (2002) a score of 2.3816 out of 4
based on (125) reviews
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Excellent
4
Excellent
(8)
Very Good
3
Very Good
(65)
Good
2
Good
(40)
Fair
1
Fair
(10)
Poor
0
Poor
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Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 2.47 out of 4 stars for Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)
...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for The New York Times (A.O. Scott)The New York Times (A.O. Scott)
The filmmakers try to balance pointed, often incisive satire and unabashed sweetness, with results that are sometimes bracing, sometimes baffling and quite often, and in unexpected ways, touching. ...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at The New York Times (A.O. Scott)
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Film Threat (Don R. Lewis)Film Threat (Don R. Lewis)
It rebounds in the last moments and I thought successfully blended satire, high camp and yet another sexual taboo into a really funny movie. ...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at Film Threat (Don R. Lewis)
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for New York Times (A.O. Scott)New York Times (A.O. Scott)
The filmmakers try to balance pointed, often incisive satire and unabashed sweetness, with results that are sometimes bracing, sometimes baffling and quite often, and in unexpected ways, touching. ...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at New York Times (A.O. Scott)
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
Broder's script makes the weird transition from satire to camp as if there were no distinction between the two. It's a bracing if at times bewildering experience. ...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 2.39 out of 4 stars for Voir.ca Voir.ca
...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at Voir.ca
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 2.32 out of 4 stars for Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle Post-Intelligencer
Combining the fairy-tale idealism of "Edward Scissorhands" with "Hairspray's" devilish sarcasm, the directors try for the sincerity of a message movie while affecting the hip facade of satirists. ...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 2.19 out of 4 stars for cinEncanto (Pablo del Moral)cinEncanto (Pablo del Moral)
...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at cinEncanto (Pablo del Moral)
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 2.16 out of 4 stars for Boxoffice MagazineBoxoffice Magazine
...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at Boxoffice Magazine
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 2.16 out of 4 stars for Boxoffice MagazineBoxoffice Magazine
...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at Boxoffice Magazine
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Mr. Brown's Movies (Michael Dequina)Mr. Brown's Movies (Michael Dequina)
Click to read review ...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at Mr. Brown's Movies (Michael Dequina)
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Sacramento Bee (Joe Baltake)Sacramento Bee (Joe Baltake)
Would be considered an interesting failure, only it isn't all that interesting. ...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at Sacramento Bee (Joe Baltake)
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Globe and Mail (Liam Lacey)Globe and Mail (Liam Lacey)
The results are perversely watchable, as much for the movie's evasions as the controversial issues with which it toys. Often, it just seems carelessly smug. ...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at Globe and Mail (Liam Lacey)
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Portland Oregonian (Kim Morgan)Portland Oregonian (Kim Morgan)
Jas some nice moments, a great soundtrack and some wonderful works by the dark-even-while-light Ricci. ...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at Portland Oregonian (Kim Morgan)
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Duane Dudek)Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Duane Dudek)
The fledgling directors juggle a few too many balls and aren't quite up to the challenge. ...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Duane Dudek)
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)
One of the funniest motion pictures of the year, but...also one of the most curiously depressing. ...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Fantastica Daily (Staci Layne Wilson)Fantastica Daily (Staci Layne Wilson)
While the glass slipper doesn't quite fit, Pumpkin is definitely a unique modern fairytale. ...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at Fantastica Daily (Staci Layne Wilson)
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for The Onion (A.V. Club) (Scott Tobias)The Onion (A.V. Club) (Scott Tobias)
The film doesn't seem to know how it feels, much less how others are supposed to feel about it. ...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at The Onion (A.V. Club) (Scott Tobias)
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
After a lively start -- the sorority sisters, shaken by the slightest imperfection in themselves, cannot cope with handicapped athletes -- the film smooths its rough edges and reduces complex characters to sitcom stooges. Call it an opportunity missed. ...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for CinemaSpeak.com (Warren Curry)CinemaSpeak.com (Warren Curry)
...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at CinemaSpeak.com (Warren Curry)
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for DVD Talk (Adam Tyner)DVD Talk (Adam Tyner)
...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at DVD Talk (Adam Tyner)
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie GuideTV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide
...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 1.75 out of 4 stars for Washington Post (Michael O'Sullivan)Washington Post (Michael O'Sullivan)
THE FIRST thing I have written in my notes for "Pumpkin," an odd and oddly endearing romantic black comedy about a snooty sorority sister (Christina Ricci) who falls for an apparently mentally challenged young man (Hank Harris), is: "TONE???" At ...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at Washington Post (Michael O'Sullivan)
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Times (Kevin Thomas)Los Angeles Times (Kevin Thomas)
The result is hit or miss, with a laugh here and there, ultimately creating an aura of hopeless and drawn-out improbability. ...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kevin Thomas)
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Toronto Star (Geoff Pevere)Toronto Star (Geoff Pevere)
[A] rather thinly-conceived movie. ...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at Toronto Star (Geoff Pevere)
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com (Brian Mckay)eFilmCritic.com (Brian Mckay)
Like a grinning Jack O' Lantern, its apparent glee is derived from a lobotomy, having had all its vital essence scooped out and discarded. ...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Brian Mckay)
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
An Afterschool Special without the courage of its convictions. ...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Sacramento News & Review (Mark Halverson)Sacramento News & Review (Mark Halverson)
Ambitious but moth-eaten satire. ...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at Sacramento News & Review (Mark Halverson)
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
An opportunity missed. ...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for LA Weekly (Chuck Wilson)LA Weekly (Chuck Wilson)
Off sorority row, the movie goes flat for increasingly long stretches, with the filmmakers displaying so little understanding of or genuine feeling for the mentally challenged that they never advance past stutter-and-stumble humor. ...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at LA Weekly (Chuck Wilson)
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for eye WEEKLY (Jason Anderson)eye WEEKLY (Jason Anderson)
At once divinely inspired and gut-wrenchingly horrible. ...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at eye WEEKLY (Jason Anderson)
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
The satire is broad and easy, while the romance is thoroughly unconvincing. ...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
There's the shell of not one but two excellent films in Pumpkin, but as it is the one we have here is just too bewildering to puzzle out. ...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for ShowBIZ Data (--)ShowBIZ Data (--)
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Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for Reel.comReel.com
...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at Reel.com
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.com (David Levine)filmcritic.com (David Levine)
...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at filmcritic.com (David Levine)
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for Movie Martyr (Jeremy Heilman)Movie Martyr (Jeremy Heilman)
...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at Movie Martyr (Jeremy Heilman)
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")
...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
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Pumpkin (2002) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
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