Blank City
Release Date: April 6, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
70
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
The New York TimesA.O. ScottApr 6, 2011
Ms. Danhier manages to conjure a glorious and grungy bygone past without fetishizing it as a golden age. A bunch of people got together and did some stuff, and this is what it looked like. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayApr 7, 2011
In the end, Blank City becomes not just a salute to the artistic adventurousness of a bygone New York, but a reminder that new strains of creativity keep emerging, just when the scene looks stalest. Read full review
80
Time OutDavid FearApr 6, 2011
Names get checked, baby-faced future celebrities like Vincent Gallo and Steve Buscemi make cameos, and various cross-pollinations between below–14th Street mavericks are clarified. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Stephen ColeJul 14, 2011
As Blank City proves, the all-night, every-night party was fun while it lasted. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaJun 9, 2011
The real reason to see Blank City is to catch snatches of the now-decades-old films - priceless DIY numbers that capture all the wild energy, humor, and rage of, if not a more innocent time, then certainly a cooler one. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleJun 2, 2011
Mainly Blank City shows a succession of engaging, intelligent, middle-aged people showing some very bad home movies that they once hoped were something more. Read full review
75
New York PostV.A. MusettoApr 8, 2011
Does a first-rate job of remembering. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinMay 28, 2011
The doc flags toward the end, but it remains an absorbing snapshot of a daring time. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenApr 4, 2011
Blank City may not be groundbreaking, but it's vibrant and well researched. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanApr 8, 2011
Danhier backs all the memories with a collection of great clips, and it's extra fun to spot familiar faces (hi, Steve Buscemi!). Read full review
60
MovielineMichelle OrangeApr 6, 2011
Though the film concerns events contained within the roughly 50 square blocks of the East Village, it suffers from the narrative equivalent of urban sprawl. Read full review
50
Village VoiceNick PinkertonApr 5, 2011
Danhier has made a lifestyle-nostalgia oral history after the popular "Please Kill Me" model, but gets none of the tall tales and internecine grudging that made that tome so entertaining. Read full review
50
VarietyRonnie ScheibApr 4, 2011
The major draw of Blank City lies in its generous glimpses of rare, virtually lost Super-8 and 16mm films. Read full review
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