Not just a comedy. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 6, 2020

Fashion photographer turned filmmaker Sean Ellis rips off himself with his offbeat romantic comedy Cashback, which is based on his Oscar-nominated 18-minute short and incorporates all the earlier film's footage.

| Nov 4, 2020

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 18, 2011

| Original Score: 1/5 | Nov 17, 2011

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 18, 2008

A little too mopey and sexist for its own good. But the cast is engaging enough to keep us interested

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 8, 2008

| Original Score: 1/5 | May 8, 2008

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 7, 2007

I think this filmmaker has a future.

Full Review | Jul 31, 2007

A good writer starts with characters and plot and allows the themes to come naturally from the story. Sean Ellis' script for Cashback is all theme, and it's not that interesting a one to begin with.

| Jul 28, 2007

The first thing one will probably respond to, after the brief rampant nudity, is the exquisite cinematography by Angus Hudson.

| Original Score: A- | Jul 28, 2007

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Jul 27, 2007

Cashback aspires to be equal parts Volkswagen ad and Nicholson Baker's The Fermata, yet compares unfavorably to both.

| Original Score: D | Jul 25, 2007

Ellis seems to believe that artists have an enlightened sense of beauty and greater access to it than common folk. And he may be right: He's clearly mastered the skill of convincing art-school chicks to take their clothes off.

Full Review | Original Score: C- | Jul 21, 2007

Cashback is light, smart, and enjoyable, and it makes me eager to see what Ellis has planned for his next outing.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 21, 2007

The film lags badly in the middle; the flashbacks to Ben's childhood aren't especially interesting and the lengthy soccer sequence is sheer dead weight.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 20, 2007

As observers we can project our own fantasies onto Ben's, and [director] Ellis enhances this dreamy effect with low-budget ingenuity, like cleverly executing location changes in the same unbroken shot.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 20, 2007

Imagine Kevin Smith with a background in poetry and painting instead of comic books and bestiality jokes, and you'll have an idea of what to expect from an exciting new filmmaker named Sean Ellis, whose terrific debut is called Cashback.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 20, 2007

It's no small trick to blend fantasy, slapstick and genuine emotion, but [director] Ellis pulls it off with whimsy to spare.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 20, 2007

Cashback's eccentricity holds, but Ellis and his audience would have benefited from a clearer direction and a bit more restraint.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 20, 2007