Arizona
RLJ Entertainment | Release Date: August 24, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
41
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
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2
Mixed:
5
Negative:
4
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Paste MagazineAndrew CrumpAug 31, 2018
Arizona bathes its absurdist satire in the bleakest humor and takes a sober glance at the consequences of America’s worst modern economic calamity. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayAug 23, 2018
Danny McBride is at his funniest and scariest in Arizona, a darkly comic film noir that works well as both a violent thriller and as a ruthless satire of over-extended American dreamers. Read full review
58
The PlaylistJordan RuimyAug 23, 2018
The potential of this movie’s premise might have been squandered by cliches, but McBride and DeWitt keep it watchable. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliAug 25, 2018
First-time director Jonathan Watson crafts a film that’s neither funny nor exciting, although it often seems to be straining to be one or the other. It’s a tonal mess and its inconsistencies make it a frustrating viewing experience. Read full review
50
Village VoiceChris PackhamAug 23, 2018
Director Jonathan Watson’s super-violent Arizona is a well-done but chilly and essentially unlovable black comedy with one tiny spark of warmth — Rosemarie DeWitt’s performance. Read full review
50
The Film StageDan Mecca
Despite its brief runtime, the film runs out of steam well before its climax. Read full review
40
VarietyAmy NicholsonAug 23, 2018
As a debut film, Arizona shows that Watson could become a director with interesting ideas, but this housing crisis horror comedy is definitely just a rental. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsAug 24, 2018
Arizona might have worked better as a smart-ass social commentary if its tsk-tsking of consumerist myopia wasn't so consistently on the nose and its plot didn't swiftly devolve into slasher movie cliches. Read full review
35
Film Journal InternationalAndré HerefordAug 23, 2018
the film, set in 2009, misses its comic target by a mile, resulting in a dumbfounding collision of unsympathetic characters always choosing the most moronic thing to do in any given situation. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckAug 23, 2018
Severely wasting the talents of Rosemary DeWitt, who really, really deserves better material, Arizona is as arid and barren as the state that provides its title. Read full review
30
The New York TimesGlenn KennyAug 23, 2018
As the movie wears on, one suspects that the writer Luke Del Tredici and the director Jonathan Watson aren’t crafting an indictment of toxic masculinity, but an invitation to take some sadistic enjoyment in it, without consequences. Read full review
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