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Strangers with Candy
Directed by
Paul Dinello
R
2006
85m
Comedy
5.9
51%
55%
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Follows a 46-year-old ex-junkie ex-con who returns to high school in a bid to restart her life.
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Cast of Strangers with Candy
Amy Sedaris
Jerri Blank / Writer
Stephen Colbert
Chuck Noblet / Writer
Paul Dinello
Geoffrey Jellineck / Director / Writer
Greg Hollimon
Principal Blackman (as Gregory Holliman)
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Henry
Ian Holm
Dr. Putney
Chandra Wilson
Inmate
Deborah Rush
Sara Blank
Dan Hedaya
Guy Blank
Joseph Cross
Derrick Blank
Elisabeth Harnois
Monica
Alexis Dziena
Melissa
Carlo Alban
Megawatti
Allison Janney
Alice
Dolores Duffy
Iris Puffybush
Maria Thayer
Tammi Littlenut
Sarah Jessica Parker
Peggy Callas
Matthew Broderick
Roger Beekman
Chris Pratt
Brason
Justin Theroux
Carlo Honklin
Kristen Johnston
Coach Divers
Sarah Thyre
Coach Wolf
Ryan Donowho
Stanley (uncredited)
Wallace Little
Trace
Mitch Rouse
Writer
Mark Roberts
Producer
Valerie Schaer Nathanson
Producer
Lorena David
Producer
Strangers with Candy Ratings & Reviews
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Bob Townsend
Whether you guffaw, giggle or sit stone-faced through Strangers With Candy will depend on your reaction to Sedaris as Jerri and her freak show of over-the-top bad taste.
Austin Chronicle
Toddy Burton
Fans of the show will rejoice and a few newbies will become converts.
Houston Chronicle
Bruce Westbrook
Some things were meant to be seen in small doses or on small screens. For all its subversive perks and quirks, Strangers is one of them.
Detroit News
Tom Long
Everyone but the terminally tight should find themselves laughing. And all should be awestruck by star Amy Sedaris.
Detroit Free Press
Terry Lawson
Not surprisingly, the film version contains about 30 minutes of hilarity, and they're stretched out at least as far as Jerri's ill-fitting slacks.
Dallas Morning News
Manuel Mendoza
It's carefully constructed to set up and deliver laugh after laugh.
Arizona Republic
Kathy Cano-Murillo
Thanks to the comic genius of Sedaris, Strangers With Candy is a good thing -- as long as your taste buds can handle the politically incorrect aftertaste.
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
Smirky, gum-in-your-hair humor dominates this dreadful 2005 feature.
Seattle Times
Mark Rahner
Maybe a half-hour dose was just right, because the film's pacing is torpid and many of the jokes fall flat.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
It's so brilliant in places that it can make a viewer root for it, but that's not exactly the same as enjoying it, not really.
Los Angeles Times
Mark Olsen
A film that never quite manages to justify its existence.
Chicago Sun-Times
Darel Jevens
The gags are many, and more often than not they work.
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
The show's brilliant conceit seems mild. In its own way, this is just another teen movie.
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
This camp farce has its moments of high hilarity, and Sedaris is a spark plug, but it's wildly uneven.
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
Occasionally takes a step in the direction of the after-school specials it's trying to twit; you'll catch it trying to make you feel warm and fuzzy about Jerri.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
I liked this movie better when it was called Rock'n'Roll High School and starred the Ramones and Mary Woronov.
Chicago Tribune
Jessica Reaves
Easily the wittiest, most ridiculous and best-written comedy of the year.
Ebert & Roeper
Richard Roeper
It all works because of the whip-smart dialogue and the great performances.
USA Today
Claudia Puig
The offbeat film starts off hilariously. But as the very thin plot, centering on a science fair, unfolds, and celebrities such as Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick, Allison Janney and Philip Seymour Hoffman arrive, everything becomes less funny.
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
The jokes are so sketchy and silly it quickly passes the point of wretched excess.
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