59
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4 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Stephen ColeThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Stephen ColeThe Trotsky goes down easily and, for what it’s worth, is better mannered than most contemporary youth comedies.
- 60VarietyVarietyBoth cartoonish and cerebral, and studded with in-jokes referencing multicultural life in "la belle ville" and classic cinema, the colorful pic stretches its premise a bit thin over nearly two hours.
- 40The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe Trotsky runs 20 minutes too long and several rungs above the head of its target audience. And though Mr. Baruchel can be very funny in small doses -- a slacker sidekick in “Knocked Up,” a gung-ho kid in “Tropic Thunder” -- here he swiftly becomes insufferable, a neurotic nudnik in funeral director attire and John Turturro hairdo.