Big Gold Brick
Samuel Goldwyn Films | Release Date: February 25, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
30
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
2
Negative:
8
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Film ThreatJason DelgadoApr 7, 2022
Big Gold Brick could’ve been trimmed down a bit with a runtime of two hours and twelve minutes, and some of the characters, like Lucy, are not fully fleshed out. But overall, I enjoyed Petsos’ strange vision. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineWilliam RepassFeb 21, 2022
Brian Pestos’s flair for go-for-broke zaniness transmutes what might otherwise have been a lump of self-indulgent clichés into gold. Read full review
60
TimeStephanie ZacharekFeb 25, 2022
Big Gold Brick may be a bit too enamored with its own quirkiness, but everything Garcia does, no matter how outlandish, feels perfectly natural. Read full review
50
We Got This CoveredScott CampbellFeb 24, 2022
It’s either a compliment or a criticism to say that you need to be on the exact same wavelength as Big Gold Brick to get a kick out of it, because if you turn the dial even the tiniest little bit in either direction, all you’re going to end up with is static. If you’re on board, though, then there’s plenty to enjoy about an offbeat adventure that’s unlike anything else you’re likely to see this year. Read full review
30
VarietyNick SchagerFeb 25, 2022
Everything and everyone lurches about in a desperate bid to be hilariously weird, and the effect is to make the proceedings feel hopelessly strained, as if they know that there’s nothing funny going on and thus must compensate via out-there quirkiness and constant mugging. Read full review
30
The New York TimesNicolas RapoldFeb 24, 2022
The title of this perfectly well-appointed production is apt: Big Gold Brick looks all right but it truly just sits there. Read full review
25
IndieWireDavid EhrlichFeb 25, 2022
Brian Petsos’ interminable Big Gold Brick may be a film absent even the faintest trace of purpose or momentum — its endless parade of energy-less moments connected only by the lack of life shared between them, like a daisy chain of skeletons who are all holding hands — but the writer-director sincerely deserves credit for willing his feature debut into existence. Read full review
25
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyFeb 25, 2022
Feature-length failures as abject as this one are almost frightening, in part because one worries about what kind of a snit the director will be working out if/when he gets a second shot. Read full review
25
Original-CinKaren GordonFeb 23, 2022
No one sets out to make a bad film, but at over two hours, the shot-in-Toronto Big Gold Brick seems like a bunch of ideas that must have looked good on paper, but just didn’t gel. Both Garcia and Isaac are terrific actors, and charismatic as hell. But neither can bring this listless film to life. Read full review
20
Screen RantFerdosa AbdiFeb 24, 2022
The lingering lesson in all of this is Megan Fox deserves better and Big Gold Brick is a solid turd of a movie. Read full review
16
The PlaylistBrian FarvourFeb 13, 2022
No matter how one tries to unpack the curious contents of “Big Gold Brick,” they’ll likely be unable to find much of anything outside of an unintelligible failure. Read full review
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Movie NationRoger MooreFeb 23, 2022
No social, psychological or satiric point is made. No laughs are scored. And nobody involved will be slapping this on their “sizzle reel” or resume…save for the writer-director, who may be beloved but who may never ever get to make another movie after this “all-star” debacle. Read full review
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