49
Metascore
8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75San Francisco ChronicleWalter AddiegoSan Francisco ChronicleWalter AddiegoThe best of the longer segments is "Steve," a piece of Pinter light starring Firth as a passive-aggressive neighbor from hell who repeatedly turns up at the door of a bickering couple (Knightley and Tom Mison) to register a series of baseless complaints.
- 63Boston GlobeWesley MorrisBoston GlobeWesley MorrisThe performances in tandem with the writing take most of these seven movies to interesting places.
- 60The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenIts most consistent pleasures derive more from its performances than from storytelling.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThis assemblage of star-filled shorts makes for a generally rewarding grab bag.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceSequencing is crucial to any anthology, and Stars in Shorts wisely opens with two of the strongest films.
- 40New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNone of the seven shorts here is worth a single, well-made feature. But there are a few amusing moments to be found.
- 40Time OutDavid FearTime OutDavid FearSay what you will about this collection of less-than-feature-length films: There’s truth in its advertising. The sketchlike movies here are indeed shorts, and stars do lend their presence.
- 38Slant MagazineSteve MacfarlaneSlant MagazineSteve MacfarlaneGenerally, these shorts do little to advance their own arguments, but then again, they don't need to; if the short film is the arena of students, amateurs, and small-timers, then these are overdogs from frame one, coming off every bit as expensive and banal as their makers allow them to be.