While the new director shows her ability to poke fun at superficiality and harness compelling emotions, her inaugural film is more patchwork than finished piece

The movie’s devotion to family solidarity guarantees a measure of genuine feeling.

A game cast can’t quite put this one over the top, though there are acidic bits of observation about the way people in that industry talk about themselves, and to each other.

Idiotka is a rare gem amongst other films that are too afraid to embrace the chaos, not wanting to be too abrasive and playing it safe with stereotypes and its funny while doing all of this.