8 Heads in a Duffel Bag
Orion Pictures Corporation | Release Date: April 18, 1997 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
18
METASCORE
Overwhelming dislike based on 17 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
2
Negative:
12
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
San Francisco ExaminerBarbara Shulgasser
Especially fine are Spade and Louiso, the latter possessing a quality of injured integrity that is priceless here. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Consistently inventive...Comeau comes across likably.
63
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
Expectedly lowbrow and grotesque, but there are some truly inspired moments. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Pesci has a lot of scenes that strike just the right note. Read full review
40
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
Pesci proves he can act his way through anything. Read full review
30
VarietyLeonard Klady
Spade is tiresome in yet another smart-ass part. Read full review
25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
Fewer heads in the film and more evidence of one on the director's shoulders might have squeezed a legitimate laugh or two out of this contrived juvenile carnage. Read full review
25
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
So stupid you'll wish you'd brought a duffel bag of your own. Read full review
20
Film ThreatTom Meek
One such feeble miscue that can't be saved by the star power of Joe Pesci and David Spade. Read full review
20
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
The heads may be dead, but at least they have a comical look. Read full review
20
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
An excruciatingly unfunny comedy. Read full review
10
Dallas ObserverPeter Rainer
Appears to have been made by people with nothing between their ears. Read full review
0
Entertainment WeeklyBruce Fretts
Aims for dark farce but ends up playing more like Weekend at Bernie's Part VIII. [25 Apr 1997, p. 50]
0
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
Zany antics of the most painful sort. Read full review
0
San Francisco ChronicleRuthe Stein
Exactly what the title implies: mindless. Read full review
0
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Packs all the spine-tingling punch of a soggy bag of mulch. Read full review
0
Washington PostRita Kempley
Sheer torture, the very definition of unfunniness itself. Read full review
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