DiCillo has always had the laconic, funkified, vaguely surreal air of a Woody Allen on cough medicine (or a Jim Jarmusch on Jolt, for that matter), but The Real Blonde is just so much ado about nada.
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Film ThreatChris Gore
Film ThreatChris Gore
An adequate attempt, but sorry, it's just not groundbreaking.
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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Like the fakery it satirizes, DiCillo's Real Blonde ends up ringing hollow.
Unfortunately, this slight, dull film would have benefited from a bit more style, as well as substance, as its lame characters and obvious observations never rise too far above the soap operas DiCillo parodies.
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Washington PostStephen Hunter
Washington PostStephen Hunter
Never manages to make its characters anything other than cartoons.
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New York Magazine (Vulture)
New York Magazine (Vulture)
Stupidity is also an issue in the independent film The Real Blonde, in which everyone seems to have suffered an IQ slippage of some 40 points.