Fresh
Unpredictable and hugely entertaining.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Mail Order Wife
Because no one wants to be alone.
2005 · 1h 32m · R
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
Huck Botko
,
Andrew Gurland
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Mail Order Wife
Overview
A documentarian funds a NYC doorman's Asian mail order bride in exchange for the right to film the experience.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
63%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Strange, often silly mockumentary.
Ned Martel, New York Times
Fresh
It took gifted hucksters to make this movie.
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Fresh
Co-directors Huck Botko and Andrew Gurland, who appear as earnest documentary filmmakers of the same name, pull it off by never winking at the audience or signaling in any fashion that this isn't a true story.
Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle
Rotten
Finally breaks down under the weight of its twists and turns, but mostly maintains a creepy fascination with its scuzzy characters.
Ronnie Scheib, Variety
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