24 Exposures
IFC Midnight | Release Date: January 24, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
42
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Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
6
Negative:
2
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75
Slant MagazineChuck BowenJan 19, 2014
Throughout, Joe Swanberg connects Generation Y's fetish for past pop-cultural kitsch to its attending sexual insecurities. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyJan 22, 2014
Like countless Swanberg films (the prolific director has completed 17 features in less than a decade), 24 Exposures is populated by characters who are defined not by their actions, but by their unwillingness to act. The difference here is the presence of an exterior force—the murders—that makes Swanberg’s naturalistic style seem affected. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzJan 24, 2014
This latest, a thriller about a photographer who might be a killer, is wild pop fly that disappears in the stands. Read full review
50
The DissolveMike D'AngeloJan 22, 2014
24 Exposures is a transparent auto-critique (or self-justification, depending on how you look at it) in the form of a rather vague thriller, and doesn’t work particularly well in either mode. Read full review
42
The PlaylistDrew TaylorJan 26, 2014
24 Exposures has a handful of interesting ideas, and a lot of cute topless girls, but it doesn’t add up to much. Read full review
40
The New York TimesAndy WebsterJan 23, 2014
24 Exposures plays like an exercise. With a thin plot — the usual parade of possible killers — it falls to the actors to provide zing. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinJan 23, 2014
This brief, loosely-knit film never builds any empathy or tension. Read full review
40
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlJan 21, 2014
Swanberg has made an inspiring career out of rejecting the aesthetic crimes of Hollywood. It's dispiriting, then, that he so doggedly indulges in its tradition of male gazing. Read full review
25
Chicago Sun-TimesBruce IngramFeb 6, 2014
There’s not much difference between this nudity-packed yet remarkably dull crime drama and the ’90s-vintage, sleazy pay-cable erotic thrillers it’s referencing, if not emulating. Read full review
25
NPRIan BuckwalterJan 24, 2014
The result isn't fresh and realistic, though; it's clumsy and stilted. Improvised dialogue can work wonderfully if the actors have a solid feel for their characters, but everyone here seems rushed and uncomfortable. Read full review
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