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Spin Me Round

2022

Jeff Baena

Alison Brie, Aubrey Plaza, Lil Rel Howery, Debby Ryan ...

4.2

250

Comedy A woman wins an all-expenses trip to a company's gorgeous "institute" outside of Florence, and also the chance to meet the restaurant chain's wealthy and charismatic owner. There she finds a different adventure than the one she imagined.

	Author	Review
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"A slight but enjoyable sendup of vacation-romance clichés (...) [One wishes the script] had further developed the dynamics between Nick, Amber and Kat."	NEU
United States	Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"Alison Brie and the cast are fantastic, but the story veers unsuccessfully from light to dark to silly (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Katie Walsh Los Angeles Times	"The entire film feels like an exercise in dashing expectations — for both our heroine and the audience"	NEG
United States	Kate Erbland IndieWire	"Jeff Baena's latest outing with his favorite muses is more accessible than recent efforts, but can't quite live up to its inherently funny premise."	NEU
United States	Marya E. Gates The Playlist	"Ultimately 'Spin Me Round' is like a bad vacation where even the gorgeous Italian seaside isn’t enough to make the time spent feel worth it."	NEG
United States	Carlos Aguilar The Wrap	"'Spin Me Round' is generally engaging thanks to the 'what the hell is happening here?' doubt that Baena instills early."	POS
United States	Ethan Anderton SlashFilm	"It's never boring, and what unfolds is admirably entertaining enough that it's hard to downright dislike. But (...) it still leaves something to be desired."	NEU
United States	Mark Keizer AV Club	" [It]is a nice-try attempt at a shapeshifting, fish-out-of-water rom-com that was probably funny in the room—but in the end, it doesn’t quite come together as a movie"	NEG
United States	Valerie Complex Deadline	"Overall, 'Spin Me Round' has tons of fun moments, but the third act stifles the narrative which drags the momentum down, and ultimately prevents this relatively good movie from becoming a great one."	NEU
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"When it works, 'Spin Me Round' feels like finding a scorpion in your spaghetti."	POS
United States	Ross Bonaime Collider	"As a whole, 'Spin Me Round' feels like little more than a vacation. Sure, it's fun and you have a good time while you're gone, but there's not enough substantive to take back home with you"	NEU
United States	Natalia Keogan Paste Magazine	"The film concludes on such a flaccid, hollow note that it makes the entire viewing experience feel mind-numbingly futile as a result"	NEG
United States	Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"A film with some fun performances and great scenes, but a sense that it doesn't quite all add up to what it could have with a bit more refinement in writing or editing"	NEU
United States	Kyle Smith The Wall Street Journal	"Though very funny at times, and refreshing in the way it keeps us guessing, [it] is only partially successful"	NEU
United States	Christopher Schobert The Film Stage	"[It] never reaches classic status, but works as an enjoyable, sometimes uproarious subversion of rom-com tropes. Pull up a chair, and mangia"	POS
Canada	Mae Abdulbaki Screen Rant	"When the film eases into the awkward humor, it's genuinely funny (...) [It] is all over the place and even its best moments can't be saved due to a muddled storyline and lack of character development (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"	NEU
Canada	Josh Bell CBR	"'Spin Me Round' doesn't quite work as a goofy comedy, social commentary, or thriller. It has just enough entertaining elements to make for a frustrating viewing experience when none of those elements come properly into focus"	NEG
United States	William Repass Slant	"Cleansed of all risk and personality, the film subsides, as though with a sigh, into the reheated sauce of mediocrity (...) The film's awareness extends as far as self-parody, and no further (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
Canada	Tyler Nichols JoBlo	"A unique and entertaining film that manages to both parody films like it, while also carving out a path of its own. There's a lot to like about 'Spin Me Round', but my biggest recommendation is to go in with no expectations"	POS
United States	Richard Whittaker Austin Chronicle	"The end result is an odd, laughless, meandering comedy that's not entertaining enough to be engaging, or gifted with enough character insight to justify its aimless length (...) Rating: ★½ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Marshall Shaffer Decider	"It is the kind of modest but marvelous comedy that has all but disappeared from cinema these days"	POS

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