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Cashback (2007)

Reviewed by Scott Brown | Jul 25, 2007

Scott Brown

Scott Brown writes the Hit List for EW and is a frequent contributor to National Public Radio -- he has the tote bag to prove it

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Details Limited Release: Jul 20, 2007; Rated: R; Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Emilia Fox and Sean Biggerstaff

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Expanded from an Oscar-nominated short about a lovelorn artist who freezes time (and paints oh-so-respectful nudes of unwitting women), Cashbackaspires to be equal parts Volkswagen ad and Nicholson Baker's The Fermata, yet compares unfavorably to both. Director Sean Ellis has a lovely eye, but he's set the film in his blind spot. Not only can't he distinguish between art and porn, savoring and wallowing, universal truths and exhausted clichés — he doesn't even seem interested in these distinctions. D

Originally posted Jul 24, 2007 Published in issue #946 Aug 03, 2007 Order article reprints

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