Rotten
The obviously improvised proceedings -- at least let's hope they're improvised -- fail to produce the desired laughs, with frequent pauses after punch lines that will only result in lengthy silences.
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
Closing Escrow
A comedy about real estate.
2007 · 1h 33m · PG
Comedy
Directed by
Armen Kaprelian
,
Kent G. Llewellyn
Overview
Three quirky families seeking to buy their next home collide when trying to purchase the same property. The bidding war tests the limits of their marriages and the resolve of their agents.
Director and cast
- Armen Kaprelian Director
- Kent G. Llewellyn Director
- April Barnett as Tamika
- Rob Brownstein as Allen
- Colleen Crabtree as Mary
- Andrew Friedman as Tom
- Wendi McLendon-Covey as Hillary
- Kirstin Pierce as Kelly
- Cedric Yarbrough as Bobby
- Bruce Thomas as Peter
- Patty Wortham as Dawn
- Jillian Boyd as Mindy Watt - Agent
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
54%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A sometimes laugh-out-loud send-up of homebuyers' worst instincts, the extreme behavior of real-estate agents and what happens when the certifiably insane save enough for a down payment.
John Anderson, Variety
Rotten
A spoof, sometimes a funny one, and sometimes just plain overkill.
Lael Loewenstein, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
The film would have worked better if it had stuck more closely to real estate as both the source and target of the satire.
David Wiegand, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
If you can watch it without weeping over your own predicament, you'll see some serious talent bursting out.
Jack Mathews, New York Daily News
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