7 Chinese Brothers
Screen Media Films | Release Date: August 28, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
56
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
7
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzSep 3, 2015
Jason Schwartzman has become, without question, the go-to actor when you want a character with off-putting, even annoying traits, yet need to have the audience side with him just enough not to want to strangle him. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierAug 26, 2015
Jason Schwartzman does the full Bill Murray in 7 Chinese Brothers. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayAug 26, 2015
Bob Byington’s 7 Chinese Brothers is no "Listen Up Philip," but it’s an amiable enough slacker comedy, boosted by its star. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesMiriam Di NunzioSep 3, 2015
The film never allows the audience to truly get to know any of the characters in Larry’s world. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyStaff (Not credited)Sep 2, 2015
The movie’s soundtrack is excellent. Too bad that it’s one of the only things this cinematic portrait of a serial screw-up has going for it. Read full review
40
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlAug 25, 2015
A comedy too listless to bother crafting jokes or comic incidents, a character study centered on a sweet-natured prick it's hard to believe could actually exist tumbleweeding into a job at a lube shop, 7 Chinese Brothers is a go-nowhere shrug of a movie, the kind of indie that might send you screaming for the multiplex. Read full review
40
VarietyDennis HarveyApr 14, 2015
“Brothers'” script hardly provides enough to hang a short on. Read full review
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