0 , ▁based ▁on ▁ 2 6 ▁critics , ▁indicating ▁" m ixed ▁or ▁average ▁reviews ". ▁ ▁Gl enn ▁Ken ny , ▁in ▁his ▁review ▁for ▁Prem iere ▁critic ized ▁the ▁film ' s ▁style , ▁" K elly ' s ▁camera ▁pla cement ▁and ▁fr aming ▁are ▁at ▁best ▁text book ▁and ▁at ▁worst ▁cal am it ously ▁medi oc re ." ▁In ▁her ▁review ▁for ▁the ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁Times , ▁Car ina ▁Ch oc ano ▁wrote , ▁" You ▁get ▁the ▁sense ▁that ▁Kelly ▁is ▁too ▁angry ▁to ▁really ▁find ▁any ▁of ▁it ▁fun ny . ▁It ' s ▁easy ▁to ▁em path ize ▁with ▁his ▁position , ▁not ▁so ▁easy ▁to ▁remain ▁eng ross ed ▁in ▁a ▁film ▁that ' s ▁occasionally ▁inspired ▁but ▁ultimately ▁man ic ▁and ▁scattered ." ▁David ▁Ed el stein ' s ▁review ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁magazine ▁critic ized ▁the ▁film ' s ▁writing , ▁" K elly ▁a ims ▁high ▁and ▁must ▁have ▁shot ▁off ▁his ▁own ▁ear , ▁which ▁is ▁the ▁only ▁way ▁to ▁account ▁for ▁the ▁dialog ue ." ▁ ▁On ▁the ▁program ▁E bert ▁& ▁Ro eper , ▁Richard ▁Ro eper ▁and ▁guest ▁critic ▁Michael ▁Phill ips ▁gave ▁the ▁film ▁a ▁negative ▁review . ▁While ▁Ro eper ▁called ▁the ▁film ▁" Two ▁hours ▁and ▁twenty - four ▁minutes ▁of ▁abstract ▁c rap ," ▁Phill ips ▁felt ▁that ▁" the ▁film ▁has ▁a ▁head ▁on ▁its ▁shoulders ▁despite ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁it ▁can ' t ▁find ▁any ▁direction " ▁but ▁never theless