2005NC-17

What Is It?

Name: What Is It?
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Released: 2005-01-27
Rating: 5.5

DramaFantasy1h 12m

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50%

Tomatometer

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54%

Popcornmeter

5.5

TMDB

Storyline

The adventures of a young man whose principle interests are snails, salt, a pipe, and how to get home. As tormented by a hubristic, racist inner psyche.

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Details

DirectorCrispin Glover

ReleasedJan 27, 2005

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guideNC-17US

Studio

Volcanic Eruptions

Reviews

6 reviews · 5 critics

2 fresh · 3 rotten

Jonathan Rosenbaum

RTChicago ReaderNov 16, 2006

Glover, who appears in the film as a kind of barbarian dictator-auteur, lacks both the self-imposed ideological innocence and the talent for composing sounds and images of David Lynch.

Michael Wilmington

RTChicago TribuneNov 16, 2006

A shocker, but not a world-class one.

Laura Kern

RTNew York TimesNov 10, 2006

His directorial debut, What Is It? -- which plays as part of a double bill with a live, enthusiastically performed slide show in which Mr. Glover displays pages from his recent series of books -- is just as unclassifiable as he is.

Amber Wilkinson

RTEye for FilmDec 7, 2007

It isn't the blatant affronts - the aspects aimed to shock - that upset me, but the fact that the film lacks heart.