Winterbottom proves that nonstop sex intercut with alternative music can be exceedingly boring.

| Jun 14, 2018

The film is not great. It's not even all that good. And sometimes, it's actively annoying.

| Jan 12, 2018

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 1, 2006

As satisfying viewing experiences go, the film comes up mighty short in terms of story, interesting characters and technical prowess, not to mention a 65-minute running time.

Full Review | Nov 1, 2005

Nice folks, fun time, thanks for the peek (I guess), and so what?

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 6, 2005

Five decades after the rest of the world twigged to it, Michael Winterbottom has discovered a connection between sex and rock 'n' roll. Bully for him.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 23, 2005

It is, at its (hard)core, a traditional sex movie with better music and naturalistic situations.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 9, 2005

In two words, 9 Songs is scenester porn.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Sep 4, 2005

Ultimately each move toward breaking a barrier or assaulting a taboo is undercut by a reliance on conformity and convention.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 27, 2005

An expertly blended mix of live music and real sex.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 26, 2005

9 Songs is an experiment few serious filmmakers will want to replicate, and most of the people involved will want to forget as quickly as possible.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Aug 26, 2005

If you're a fan of the 'now' bands on the soundtrack or an art film buff (or a dirty old man), 9 Songs may appeal.

| Original Score: B- | Aug 25, 2005

As an idea, the film is fascinating, but as an experience it grows tedious; the concerts lack closeups, the sex lacks context, and Antarctica could use a few penguins.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 25, 2005

| Original Score: B- | Aug 20, 2005

It looks like what most young adults go through in the spirit of trust and limitlessness.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 19, 2005

Witnessing so much heavy breathing with little meaning, we feel like Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate when he asks bored bedmate Ann Bancroft if they can have a conversation first.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 19, 2005

The movie's like a mix tape that alternates the same two songs; it's ultimately too dull to be an outrage.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 19, 2005

9 Songs succeeds as an experiment in one regard, ultimately proving that sex and drugs just aren't as cinematic as good old rock-and-roll.

| Aug 12, 2005

This disappointing new film from director Michael Winterbottom suffers from a similar malaise: It's poetic and pretty, strives for profundity without attaining it, and finally ends up saying nothing.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Aug 12, 2005

Never did sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll seem more shopworn and routine.

| Aug 11, 2005