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23 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Film ThreatFilm ThreatProvides a highly provocative and humorous overview of a word that, love it or hate it, undoubtedly holds more power than its measly four letters might suggest. All in all, I'd have to say that this film was entertaining as f*ck.
- 80L.A. WeeklyJohn PattersonL.A. WeeklyJohn PattersonProfound and joyously silly at the same time.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenThe Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenA lively and often enlightening documentary.
- 70VarietyVarietyThe offensive word that provides the title for Steven Anderson's penetrating documentary/social critique has either enriched or infected Western culture to the point that we're either drowning in a "floodtide of filth" or blessed with the best verbal relief valve ever devised by man.
- 70Los Angeles TimesCarina ChocanoLos Angeles TimesCarina ChocanoOften surprising and thought-provoking (the urge to euphemize is characterized as a drift away from reality), "****" is as funny and cathartic as the word it celebrates, and nearly as perversely shock-happy.
- 67The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe movie doesn't add much to the culture wars, beyond histrionics from a lot of people who take their causes too f*cking seriously.
- 60SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirIt's essentially a mishmash of random ingredients, not very systematically presented and skewed to flatter its audience's presumed enlightenment.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceAside from the historically worthy identification of General George S. Patton as a pioneering potty mouth, the film contains little or nothing in the way of surprise.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumExamination of one of the English language's most useful utterances and why the sound packs such a friggin' wallop.
- 25PremiereScott WarrenPremiereScott WarrenThe film is ultimately so repetitive, un-enlightening and lacking in substance, even Drew Carey seems bored by the end when he asks, "When are you guys going to make the 'c*nt' documentary?"