Shortbus (2006)
Open your mind. And everything else.
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Shortbus rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb6.4/10· 37K votes
Rotten Tomatoes69%
Metacritic64%
TMDb6.263/10· 582 votesWith 69% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.4/10 on IMDb and 64/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.
About Shortbus
In post-9/11 New York City, an eclectic group of citizens find their lives entangled, personally, romantically, and sexually, at Shortbus, an underground Brooklyn salon infamous for its blend of art, music, politics, and carnality.
Cast of Shortbus
Sook-Yin Lee
as Sofia
Paul Dawson
as James
PJ DeBoy
as Jamie
Lindsay Beamish
as Severin
Jay Brannan
as Ceth
Raphael Barker
as Rob
Adam Hardman
as Jesse
Peter Stickles
as Caleb
- A
Alan Mandell
as Tobias, the Mayor
Stephen Kent Jusick
as Creamy
David Pittu
as Jacuzzi Hunter
- J
Jeff Whitty
as Jacuzzi Hunted
Shortbus facts
- Budget
- $2M
- Box office
- $5.6M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Boundary-pushing narrative explores human connection meaningfully
- •Ensemble cast brings vulnerability to intimate character study
- •Eroticism presented with artistic intention rather than exploitation
What the audience disliked
- •Explicit content may alienate mainstream audience members
- •Narrative structure feels meandering without clear dramatic arc
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