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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Film ThreatPete Vonder HaarFilm ThreatPete Vonder HaarSkills Like This is not a movie that asks to be taken seriously.
- 60VarietyRonnie ScheibVarietyRonnie ScheibLikable but lightweight slacker comedy.
- 60The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisDrawing much of its energy from an eclectic and fully integrated soundtrack, Skills Like This gazes indulgently on 20-something aimlessness and the comfort of assigned roles. In Mr. Miranda's hands sloth can be more appealing than you might think.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleWalter AddiegoSan Francisco ChronicleWalter AddiegoThis is a slacker comedy with "festival" stamped all over it, so you can bet the consequences will be quirky.
- 42The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurraySkills Like This is never great. But for its first half-hour, it's more fitfully amusing than a movie about a bank-robbing playwright ought to be.
- 40Village VoiceVillage VoiceSkills thinks it's far more magically whimsical than it really is.
- Too bad all the forced whimsy of this "Bottle Rocket" wannabe feels maniacally scattershot -- like an off night at an improv club -- rather than organically inspired.
- 40Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovStill, every generation deserves its own coming-of-age cinematic snapshot; if this is that, though, things are tougher than I thought.