Affluenza
FILTHY RICH, MORALLY BANKRUPT
FILTHY RICH, MORALLY BANKRUPT
Drama, Romance
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2014
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An aspiring young photographer finds himself caught up in a heady world of money, sex, and privilege when he moves to wealthy Long Island in the summer of 2008.
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Cast:
Same Director
Details
Rated:
NOT RATED
Runtime:
85 min
Release date:
11 Jul 2014
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
N/A
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Straining to find a correlation, even metaphorical, between teenage hedonism and economic collapse, "Affluenza" never coheres.
– Ben Kenigsberg,
New York Times,
10 Jul 2014
fresh:
An empty recasting of 'The Great Gatsby' among Long Island rich kids circa 2008.
– Andrew Barker,
Variety,
11 Jul 2014
rotten:
"The Great Gatsby" Lite screenplay by Antonio Macia hasn't the sharpness of satire or the momentousness of an American tragedy, veering instead toward middling melodrama.
– Sheri Linden,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jul 2014
rotten:
Kevin Asch's sophomore feature attempts to tackle weighty themes but ultimately feels as shallow as the lives of most of its principal characters.
– Frank Scheck,
Hollywood Reporter,
22 Jul 2014
rotten:
The generational conflict -- overly ambitious parents and their disaffected millennial children -- plays so on-the-nose it almost seems like satire, but it's really just bad writing.
– Stephan Lee,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 Dec 2014