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Come As You Are

Come As You Are

Comedy · Drama · 2020

Three young men with disabilities embark on a road trip to a brothel in Montreal catering to people with special needs to lose their virginity and embrace their independence.

Movie details

Come As You Are

“Everyone has needs”

2020 Comedy · Drama 1h 47m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.6 / 10

Community rating

Three young men with disabilities embark on a road trip to a brothel in Montreal catering to people with special needs to lose their virginity and embrace their independence.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Come As You Are?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Richard Wong

Written by

Erik Linthorst

Janeane Garofalo

Janeane Garofalo

Liz

Hayden Szeto

Hayden Szeto

Matt

Gabourey Sidibe

Gabourey Sidibe

Sam

C.S. Lee

C.S. Lee

Roger

Grant Rosenmeyer

Grant Rosenmeyer

Scotty

Ravi Patel

Ravi Patel

Mo

Mike Brunlieb

Mike Brunlieb

Clerk

Court is in session

Put Come As You Are on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Adrenaline Seeker

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.