Not That Bad
So - at the screening of Full Frontal Alison and I attended, there were only ten people in the small auditorium at the start of the film. Trailers included the remake of The Italian Job, and I think the cinema staff actually forgot that there was even anything on in there due to the rather larger, Matrix-related crowds in the place, as they came in ten minutes into the film to turn down the house lights.
Two minutes later, a couple in the row behind us got up and left. Thirty minutes or so after that, someone else did likewise.
By the time the film finished, there were only four of us left.
And I just don't get that. Fair enough, the reviews were mixed to say the least, but they all made it clear that this was Steven Soderbergh back in Sex, Lies & Videotape territory, not Ocean's Eleven land, so no one should have been surprised. And fair enough it's got flaws, and it's a little self-indulgent, but it's also funny and has some very nice little performances.
So why people would walk out after they'd paid money for it I don't know.