Bravetown
Eone Entertainment | Release Date: May 8, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
36
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
1
Negative:
6
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
The DissolveSheila O’MalleyMay 6, 2015
What’s best about the film is its willingness to go deep, its strange yet effective fluidity between serious scenes and dance numbers, and Duran’s grace with weighty subjects. Read full review
70
Village VoiceDanny KingMay 5, 2015
Aside from a showy opening (a tracking shot that snakes through a club, cribbing freely from Carlito's Way, Boogie Nights, etc.), the movie satisfies mainly due to its affecting ensemble and considerable emotional intelligence. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comGodfrey CheshireMay 8, 2015
Older audiences are likely to find the film less amusing than risible. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreMay 6, 2015
Whatever its intent, Bravetown stumbles through a steady supply of contrivances designed to make the budget work and the storylines overlap. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineChuck BowenMay 6, 2015
The filmmakers attempt to acknowledge the pain of warfare within the framework of a redemptive story that lends it an unforgivably patronizing sense of closure. Read full review
30
Arizona RepublicBarbara VanDenburghMay 7, 2015
There is nothing brave about Bravetown, a film so paint-by-the-numbers bland that its efforts to piggyback the sacrifice of American servicemen and women for emotional depth is downright craven. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenMay 7, 2015
First-time director Daniel Duran, working from a screenplay by Oscar Torres that abounds in the maudlin and risible, isn't able to lift the ham-handed material to a place where it might ring true. Read full review
30
The New York TimesStephen HoldenMay 7, 2015
Bravetown, directed by Daniel Duran from a screenplay by Oscar Orlando Torres, can sometimes drown in its own tears. Read full review
12
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanMay 7, 2015
I would call the movie a trainwreck, except it’s really four or five separate trainwrecks. Read full review
0
New York Daily NewsStephen WittyMay 6, 2015
This isn’t Bravetown. It’s Crazytown. Read full review
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