those layers of reality that a concentrically ordered universe similar to nesting Russian dolls quickly begins to feel more like a hall of mirrors. Watching Full Frontal is a vertiginous, disorienting experience, one that reflects its characters with grotesque, funny and sometimes horrifying exaggeration. No matter how much fun it is to watch – and for hard-core movie fans, it is often enormous fun – there's a certain relief when it stops and we're popped back out to our banal, one-track lives." USA Today gave the film three out of four stars, recommending it for its "humor and talented cast". Retrospective reviews In 2016, Lawrence Garcia wrote in an essay for Mubi that the film’s amateurish filming techniques were precisely Soderbergh’s point, saying Full Frontal "is a film about aesthetics, or more specifically the phoniness of it; that is, it’s concerned mainly with the gulf between an object, its presentation, and interpretation, with the L.A. lifestyle (which includes a neighbor that perpetually wears a Dracula costume) providing the perfect backdrop." Garcia did say the film’s "major flaw is that while individual scenes are often amusing, the film as a whole never quite coheres." For the 20th anniversary of the film, writer Craig J. Clark noted "the parallels between [the behavior of the character Gus]…and the accusations leveled at executive producer Harvey Weinstein, one of the handful of sexual predators ensnared by the #MeToo movement whose punishment appears to be sticking. What makes the film especially curious as a cultural artifact is Gus is not its only Weinstein stand-in", referring to Garlin’s character, as well. References External links Full Frontal at Rotten Tomatoes Full Frontal at Box Office Mojo 2002 films Films directed by Steven Soderbergh American comedy-drama films 2002 comedy-drama films 2002 independent films Self-reflexive films Films set in Los Angeles Films about filmmaking Films about actors Films about Hollywood, Los Angeles Films produced by Gregory Jacobs 2000s English-language films 2000s American films Miramax films