Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story)
Samuel Goldwyn Films | Release Date: June 17, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
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6
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5
Negative:
2
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80
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshJun 16, 2016
Husson’s film details the consequences of such free love, but it celebrates sex too — the kind based on intimacy and love. Teens and sex: it’s a tale as old as time but this take is surprising, invigorating and sharply frank. Read full review
75
New York PostKyle SmithJun 16, 2016
If it’s possible to make a morally old-fashioned film about teen orgies, writer-director Eva Husson has done so with Bang Gang, a quietly chilling look at the sex lives of a group of bored high-school students. Read full review
75
IndieWireDavid EhrlichJun 15, 2016
Here is a rare new entry in that smallest of sub-genres: Movies that don’t punish teens for f--king their brains out (surprise surprise: it’s French). Read full review
75
The Film StageApr 6, 2016
Credit to the young actors who hold nothing back and truly invest in Husson’s mission to embrace taboo. Every word uttered and move made is flirtatious, each emotional jolt inviting a hellish state of pleasure fate must catch up to before it’s over. Read full review
70
Screen DailyJonathan RomneyApr 6, 2016
While some may find Bang Gang a calculatedly chic opening salvo for a feature career, it carries a genuine emotional charge, and overall Husson shows she means business. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireJun 17, 2016
With her debut feature, Bang Gang, Eva Husson captures the restless rhythms of adolescence—the push-pull of angst and boredom, of self-consciousness and the yearning to lose oneself completely. Read full review
60
Time Out LondonCath ClarkeJun 15, 2016
It’s refreshing to see a movie like this directed by a woman, Eva Husson, so boys and girls are objectified equally. Which is not to say this passes the feminism test. Read full review
60
CineVueBen NicholsonApr 5, 2016
Husson sketches teenage ennui well, and crafts complicated and watchable characters around which to base the core of her drama. The slip-up comes in a final act that bows out of the previously constructed conflict in disappointingly obvious fashion. Read full review
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The New York TimesStephen HoldenJun 16, 2016
Bang Gang goes out of its way to avoid stereotyping. Where a Hollywood equivalent would almost certainly punish George, “Bang Gang” refuses to designate clear-cut heroes and villains. Read full review
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VarietyPeter DebrugeApr 6, 2016
The lack of a single clear character with whom to identify ultimately proves problematic. Read full review
42
The PlaylistOliver LytteltonApr 5, 2016
Unfortunately, while Husson clearly has talent to burn, her film is something of a case of all talk and no trousers. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijApr 6, 2016
Originality or insight aren’t very high on the priority list of this drama. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineTimothy E. RawJun 12, 2016
Eva Husson's controversy-courting debut is neither as lewdly subversive or as raucously debauched as its provocative title. Read full review
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