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Pumpkin (2002) Rank 3 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Pumpkin (2002) a score of 2.3816 out of 4
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Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Hollywood Bitchslap (Thom Fowler)Hollywood Bitchslap (Thom Fowler)
Funny, satirical and insightful. A slowly draining hair plug of a film ...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at Hollywood Bitchslap (Thom Fowler)
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for ReelViews (James Berardinelli)ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Pumpkin's two greatest strengths: the majority of the film is original and engaging, and Christina Ricci turns in another fine performance. This pair of assets alone is worth the price of admission. ...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for filethirteen.comfilethirteen.com
Let me start by saying I loved this movie. It's funny, sweet, kind- hearted, campy and has an adorable lead actor in Hank Harris. That being said, I can't imagine who else might like this film. I can't think of one friend I would recommend it to. It's ...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at filethirteen.com
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for New York Post (Lou Lumenick)New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
I laughed harder at Pumpkin than at any other film I've seen this year -- but be warned: This dark campus comedy is not for all tastes, or probably even most tastes. ...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for ReelViews (James Berardinelli)ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
For approximately three-fourths of its nearly two-hour running time, Pumpkin finds the right balance between satire, black comedy, and offbeat drama. However, the quirky independent film loses its focus on its way to the finish line, stumbling through sev ...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
"All the filmmakers are asking of us, is to believe in something that is improbable." ...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Daily News (Bob Strauss)Los Angeles Daily News (Bob Strauss)
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
By presenting an impossible romance in an impossible world, Pumpkin dares us to say why either is impossible -- which forces us to confront what's possible and what we might do to make it so. ...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)
A savage John Waters-like humor that dances on the edge of tastelessness without ever quite falling over. ...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
Though Pumpkin extends its jaundiced joke too far, it's almost worth it for Ricci's final scene, which tells us everything we need to know about what will become of her. ...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Laura Kelly)South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Laura Kelly)
Ricci's Carolyn is entrenched so in her small worldview, so surrounded by sameness, that as she opens her heart to Pumpkin it's entirely believable. ...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Laura Kelly)
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Washington Post (Michael O'Sullivan)Washington Post (Michael O'Sullivan)
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment Weekly
As PC busting goes, this first feature directed by Tony R. Abrams and scribe Adam Larson Broder shoots at close range, and there's something endearing about the way the filmmakers fire away so eagerly at such fluorescent-colored targets. ...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at Entertainment Weekly
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 2.71 out of 4 stars for The Spinning ImageThe Spinning Image
Carolyn McDuffy (Christina Ricci) is an upper class student at the University of Southern California whose sorority house has a rivalry with with the more popular one across the road. To help Carolyn's house win the best sorority prize, leader Julie ...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at The Spinning Image
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 2.52 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Chris Jones)Chicago Tribune (Chris Jones)
Wildly uneven but nonetheless intriguing and funny. ...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at Chicago Tribune (Chris Jones)
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 2.52 out of 4 stars for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Liam Lacey)The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Liam Lacey)
Fitfully daring, Pumpkin isn't quite sure what it's about -- the tone bounces between thudding satire and toothless camp parody -- but it's definitely a bad-mannered child of our times. ...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Liam Lacey)
Pumpkin (2002) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
Rambling and diffuse, this debut film vacillates between the Farrelly brotthers' gross-out comedy and a softer, kinder message film, an incoherent blend that proves frustrating and not particularly enjoyable either. ...read the complete Pumpkin movie review at EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
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Pumpkin (2002) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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Pumpkin (2002) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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