The Art of Self-Defense's reviews

This singular black comedy balances off-kilter humor with an unexpectedly thriller-esque undercurrent, to the extent that audiences will find it tough to anticipate either the jokes or the dark, ?Fight Club?-like turn things eventually take ? all to strikingly original effect.

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Stearns? tone involves a tricky negotiation between the melancholy and the macabre. ?The Art of Self-Defense? doesn?t always pull that balance off, but it has enough ambition and wacky payoff to make the zany gamble worthwhile.

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While the beats of its plot may be nothing very new, the tone, language and performances here make Self-Defense its own beast.

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