AKA
Empire Pictures Inc. | Release Date: December 12, 2003 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
64
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
8
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Among the most sophisticated, fully realized and satisfying films of the year. Read full review
100
San Francisco ChronicleJonathan Curiel
An unforgettable film. Read full review
90
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
So never mind the Xmas schlock -- go treat yourself at once to this sensationally entertaining soul food. Read full review
88
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
The triptych is a device but never a gimmick: three windows into one fractured soul. Read full review
80
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Roy's story is fascinating in its own right, exploring the hero's mingled shame over his class background and homosexuality, and painting a vicious portrait of Britain's coke-snorting upper crust in the late 70s. Read full review
70
Film ThreatRich Cline
It's quite difficult to find a character we can remotely identity with. This is frustrating because the film is so profoundly well written, acted and filmed. Read full review
63
New York PostV.A. Musetto
Watching three frames at once is disconcerting at first, but eventually the experience gives the film a high-tech boost. Read full review
60
VarietyDennis Harvey
Always watchable yet ultimately self-defeating in terms of its tonal/aesthetic choices. Read full review
60
Village VoiceDennis Lim
Cumulatively, the echo-chamber syntax achieves a kind of atonal harmony, meshing with the themes of reinvention and self-presentation: The disjunction between the panels is tantamount to the gap between image and reality. Read full review
60
The New York TimesDave Kehr
His (Roy's) informed contempt is highly entertaining, but he neglects some of the more problematical and perhaps more illuminating aspects of his story. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Subtle performances and the "you are there" immediacy conferred by digital video give Roy's film the feel of a series of stolen moments. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
The technique adds little in the way of illumination and a lot in terms of inducing a migraine. Read full review
60
Dallas ObserverBill Gallo
Alternately fascinating and distracting. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
An interesting though not extremely successful experiment, but it definitely makes you want to see what Duncan Roy does next. Read full review
40
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
Divided into a triptych of images sprawled across a Cinemascope frame, AKA rarely uses the extra screens for information that couldn't be conveyed well enough in one. Read full review
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