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i hated this film it was fake and unreal.

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Posted mar 5, 2008 5:06 am pt

• [+] Los Angeles Times
  
  90
  A completely charming reality-based romantic fantasy, both sweet-natured and sympathetic, Show Me Love is a leader of the pack.

  by Kenneth Turan | Read Full Review »
• [+] Film.com
  
  90
  Show Me Love has the pulse of teen life down-pat, shaming its many sleek and glossy American counterparts at every turn.

  by Ernest Hardy | Read Full Review »
• [+] Austin Chronicle
  
  89
  So full of good stuff that it's impossible not to fall in love with it.

  by Marc Savlov | Read Full Review »
• [+] Philadelphia Inquirer
  
  88
  Moodysson has an uncanny eye and ear for teen speech and attitude, and is able to capture it without the usual condescension and exploitation.

  by Other (Specify) | Read Full Review »
• [+] Mr. Showbiz
  
  87
  Moodysson's teen protagonists are more complex than both the high school stereotypes (the nerd, the jock, the beauty queen) in films like "American Pie" and the self-absorbed philosophers on "Dawson's Creek."

  by Kevin Maynard | Read Full Review »
• [+] Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  
  83
  Not only feels real, but it avoids preciousness and cute eccentricity and, in its lean, almost grave, cut-and-dried delivery makes more of an emotional impact because we're able to imprint our own memories of adolescence upon it.

  by Paula Nechak | Read Full Review »
• [+] Newsweek
  
  80
  With honesty, charm and an uncanny sympathy for all its characters, the film takes us deep inside the awkward and exhilarating experience of first love.

  by David Ansen | Read Full Review »
• [+] Village Voice
  
  80
  Easily the best teen movie of the year.

  by Jessica Winter | Read Full Review »
• [+] New York Post
  
  75
  Its portrait of adolescence seems so authentic that it puts most Hollywood products to shame.

  by Lou Lumenick | Read Full Review »
• [+] Boston Globe
  
  75
  Charming and, compared with most Hollywood films like it, refreshing.

  by Jay Carr | Read Full Review »
• [+] Portland Oregonian
  
  75
  American teens will respond to the directness of the issues here, as well as the film's brisk and risky tone.

  by Diana Abu-Jaber | Read Full Review »
• [+] TV Guide
  
  70
  Shot on reverse film, poet-turned-director Lukas Moodyson's debut feature has a grainy, immediate feel that nicely enhances the story's emotional honesty.

  by Ken Fox | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Reader
  
  70
  Powerful, funny romantic drama.

  by Lisa Alspector | Read Full Review »
• [+] New York Daily News
  
  63
  Grainy color stock and tight closeups give the film a realistic feel that's accentuated by natural performances from the able young cast.

  by Robert Dominguez | Read Full Review »
• [+] Salon.com
  
  60
  Isn't a good movie. It's drab, visually ugly and a little pokey...but the two heroines are so recognizable as real girls, and the young actresses who play them are so appealing, that you keep rooting for these kids.

  by Charles Taylor | Read Full Review »