Black Out
Music Box Films | Release Date: February 21, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
37
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
5
Negative:
1
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75
Chicago Sun-TimesBruce IngramFeb 20, 2014
The only real problem with Black Out, which plays like a cross between “The Hangover” and “Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels”-era Guy Ritchie, is that it’s naggingly over-familiar. Read full review
50
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisFeb 20, 2014
Taking a credibility-straining premise and running with it, the Dutch director Arne Toonen gives Black Out way more energy than sense. Luckily, his antihero, Jos (Raymond Thiry), lacks neither. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineDrew HuntFeb 17, 2014
The film's various references to other stylistic touchstones, while thematically apt, rarely carry any sort of critical inquiry. Read full review
42
The PlaylistGabe ToroFeb 20, 2014
Black Out ultimately limps to feature length, burying its intriguing leading man underneath endless mishaps and shenanigans. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenFeb 20, 2014
In terms of character and plot, not one element of the intended wild ride escapes self-consciousness or becomes the least bit involving. Read full review
40
Village VoiceMichael NordineFeb 18, 2014
A self-aware, borderline self-reflexive action-comedy from the Netherlands, Arne Toonen's Black Out is derivative in a way that undermines its wry sense of self. Read full review
10
The DissolveNathan RabinFeb 20, 2014
In the insufferable, secondhand tradition of countless other regrettable genre films, Black Out is so impressed by itself, it doesn’t even need an audience. Read full review
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