Breaking News in Yuba County
American International Pictures (AIP) | Release Date: February 12, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
24
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
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2
Negative:
5
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33
IndieWireRyan LattanzioFeb 12, 2021
It’s the kind of movie that seems to suck your soul out while you’re watching it, variably crass and slapstick humor landing with a bloody thud. Read full review
33
The A.V. ClubAllison ShoemakerFeb 12, 2021
None of the curious friction of its story, nor in its cast, results in any sort of frisson of excitement, dread, or even shock. The best Yuba can inspire is indignation. You get all these folks together, Tate Taylor, and the end result is this? Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesMichael OrdoñaFeb 12, 2021
Breaking News in Yuba County lacks both the form and substance to cash in on its acting assets. Read full review
25
Original-CinLiam LaceyFeb 12, 2021
A farce that fizzles, a satire that sags, and a dead-end for its gifted cast, Breaking News In Yuba County at least starts well. Read full review
10
The New York TimesGlenn KennyFeb 11, 2021
One may wonder how Tate Taylor, who has overseen high-profile, conventional, ostensibly respectable Hollywood product like “The Girl on the Train” and “The Help,” came to direct this amoral, repellent bag of sick, a movie whose biggest ambition in life is to start a bidding war at a late 1990s Sundance Film Festival and then bomb at the box office. Call it water finding its own level, maybe. Read full review
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