Steve Martin's script sneers at the vanity of fake LA girls and their plastic surgery. He is in no position to sneer.

| Jan 17, 2018

For most women, finding a pair of black gloves on their doorstep would signal "Boston Strangler" rather than "man of my dreams!" and it is this sense of unintentional creepiness that asphyxiates Shopgirl.

| Sep 26, 2017

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 1, 2006

Shopgirl stands out as an elegant work, one that provides a welcome look at love, romance, and heartbreak without the encumbrances of the usual Hollywood folderol.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 18, 2005

A slim, charming, romantic story, full of intentionally mild humor about strong themes -- passion, commitment, loneliness.

Full Review | Nov 18, 2005

Where Elizabethtown pretends to have the meaning of life, Shopgirl hones in on a few telling details, then allows audiences to fill in the rest.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 18, 2005

A minimalist almost-love story told with epic flourishes.

| Nov 18, 2005

The sheer charm of Ms. Danes' performance, combined with the convincingly resigned sadness of Mr. Martin and the intense sincerity of the singularly uncharismatic Mr. Schwartzman, make this a deeply bittersweet film experience.

Full Review | Nov 14, 2005

It's a quiet, amusing, sad and hopeful film about the dissonance between age and youth, commitment and freedom, growth and stagnation.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Nov 4, 2005

It's not a lack of originality that makes Shopgirl too Saks for its own good; it's the attempt to make a distinctive item into a blue-light special that betrays it.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 4, 2005

A faithful and engaging adaptation, adding Martin's skills as a screenwriter and actor to his fiction talents.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 4, 2005

Shopgirl doesn't reach any cosmic conclusions. Nor is it intended to. But as an observation of recognizable emotions, it's a shining memento.

| Original Score: B | Nov 3, 2005

A flawed but captivating gem.

| Original Score: B | Oct 30, 2005

This is as good as it gets for Mirabelle? Choosing between these two and popping antidepressants is going to be the kick this burgeoning artist needs to get her life together and start chasing dreams?

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 29, 2005

Shopgirl's feathery plot is lifted by three sterling performances.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 29, 2005

A case of precise observation of nothing. It's like looking through a microscope at an empty slide.

| Oct 28, 2005

An oddly dreary love story, seemingly taking place in slow-motion.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 28, 2005

A film of wisdom, emotional subtlety and power.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Oct 28, 2005

Without realizing it, the film becomes an ode to middle-aged male lechery of a literate sort; it plays like Left Coast Woody Allen, and I don't mean that as a compliment.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 28, 2005

The movie isn't downright bad, but it's disappointing and forgettable, failing to emulate Allen or anybody else worth a darn.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 27, 2005