| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris |
"If the movie is brilliant in the hypothetical and intellectual ether, it's crippled on the ground - very little of it really pops." more... |
B- |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"Note to readers planning to write me messages informing me that this review was no more than a fevered rant: You are correct." more... |
D |
Chicago Tribune
Geoff Berkshire |
"...an unruly mess." more... |
C |
E! Online
Alex Markerson |
"The end of the world can't come fast enough in this disappointing attempt at satire from Donnie Darko writer-director Richard Kelly." more... |
D |
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman |
"It's a film that tried my patience, and one I couldn't shake off." more... |
B- |
filmcritic.com
Chris Cabin |
"Everything about Kelly's vision connects to pop culture in one way or another." more... |
A- |
Los Angeles Times
Carina Chocano |
"...a political farce, a doomsday chiller and a paranoid fantasy that heads messily toward the apocalypse." more... |
C |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"If a more incoherent and self-indulgent movie has been released so far this century, I'm not aware of it." more... |
F |
New York Times
Manohla Dargis |
"...funny, audacious, messy and feverishly inspired..." more... |
B+ |
San Francisco Chronicle
Ruthe Stein |
"Southland Tales is a mess, and that's really a shame." more... |
D |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Andy Spletzer |
"It's an ambitious film, but that doesn't mean it's good." more... |
C+ |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"...an ambitious hodgepodge that is all bang and bluster." more... |
C |
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