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Better Living Through Chemistry

2014

Geoff Moore, David Posamentier

Sam Rockwell, Olivia Wilde, Michelle Monaghan, Ray Liotta ...

5.2

1,358

Romance. Comedy A straight-laced pharmacist's uneventful life spirals out of control when he starts an affair with a trophy wife customer who takes him on a joyride involving sex, drugs and possibly murder.

	Author	Review
United States	Stephen Holden The New York Times	"A tepid but pleasant comic satire (...) [It] has its mildly subversive moments"	NEU
United States	Christy Lemire rogerebert.com	"'Better Living Through Chemistry' as a whole feels rather superficial and safe (...) [It] is never mean enough or joyous enough (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"Comic noir doesn't make the most of its stars (...) Amusing but not as funny or suspenseful as it could be"	NEU
United States	Geoff Berkshire Variety	"There isn’t a pharmaceutical cocktail powerful enough to improve the dreadful comedy of 'Better Living Through Chemistry.' Squandering a committed lead performance from Sam Rockwell"	NEG
United States	Gary Goldstein Los Angeles Times	"[It] has good elements but ultimately fizzles (...) The film often defies expectations but also winds up sidestepping the kind of trapdoors and quicksand that might have made the ride more exhilarating"	NEU
United States	G. Allen Johnson SFGATE	"[It] does have its moments, and there are quite a few laughs. It tries too hard, but at least it's trying."	NEU

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