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 "Highly uneven and inconsistent ... Margarita Happy Hour kinda resembles the el cheapo margaritas served within."
-- Merle Bertrand, FILM THREAT
 "The film's apocalyptic urban setting and unrelentingly icy zeitgeist is message enough without a triumphant parting shot"
-- Walter Chaw, FILM FREAK CENTRAL
"A miniscule little bleep on the film radar, but one that many more people should check out"
-- Jason Clark, MATINEE MAGAZINE
"A knowing look at female friendship, spiked with raw urban humor."
-- Bill Gallo, NEW TIMES
"The film's ensemble portrait of women caught between nostalgia for the tough and free-spirited babes they were ... and uncertainty about what their futures hold is almost painfully on target."
-- Maitland McDonagh, TV GUIDE'S MOVIE GUIDE
"One of those rare films that seems as though it was written for no one, but somehow manages to convince almost everyone that it was put on the screen, just for them."
-- Alex Sandell, JUICY CEREBELLUM
"It's a pedestrian, flat drama that screams out 'amateur' in almost every frame."
-- Shlomo Schwartzberg, BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE
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FRESH 88%
Avg. Rating: 7.3/10 |
"Its portrait of a very unsung sector of society is refreshingly honest and entertaining."
-- John Anderson, NEWSDAY
"[Chaiken's] talent lies in an evocative, accurate observation of a distinctive milieu and in the lively, convincing dialogue she creates for her characters."
-- Dave Kehr, NEW YORK TIMES
"With its parade of almost perpetually wasted characters ... Margarita feels like a hazy high that takes too long to shake."
-- Michael O'Sullivan, WASHINGTON POST
"The strength of Hutchins' performance and the open-endedness of Chaiken's film keep Zelda vivid long after the fade-out."
-- Carrie Rickey, PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
"Ms. Hutchins is talented enough and charismatic enough to make us care about Zelda's ultimate fate."
-- Andrew Sarris, NEW YORK OBSERVER
"Effective in all its aspects, Margarita Happy Hour represents an auspicious feature debut for Chaiken."
-- Kevin Thomas, LOS ANGELES TIMES
"A joyful celebration of female friendship and an unusually honest look at newly responsible young women wistfully saying goodbye to the dreams of their youth."
-- Megan Turner, NEW YORK POST
"Chaiken ably balances real-time rhythms with propulsive incident."
-- Jessica Winter, VILLAGE VOICE
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