Buzzard
Oscilloscope Pictures | Release Date: March 6, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
77
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Generally favorable reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
13
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
IndieWireEric KohnMar 3, 2015
Buzzard is among the first great American satires of the 21st century, its scathing indictment of capitalism delivered as a prolonged, disorienting punchline. Read full review
91
The PlaylistGabe ToroApr 1, 2014
Buzzard is a quiet, introspective film, but it trumps all generic blockbusters in that it very much is a roller coaster ride, one that thrills, upsets, and makes one queasy, all in surprising ways. Read full review
90
The New York TimesStephen HoldenMar 5, 2015
With its casual deadpan attitude, Buzzard offers a nightmare portrait of arrested development and anomie for the age of inequality. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyMar 4, 2015
Think Vampire’s Kiss on a DIY scale, with motels and basement rec rooms in place of brownstones and nightclubs and a bladed Power Glove in place of plastic fangs. That’s Buzzard in a nutshell. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenMar 5, 2015
The rightfully disturbing Buzzard emerges as a true original. Read full review
80
SalonAndrew O'HehirMar 5, 2015
Love it, hate it or tolerate it with reluctance, Buzzard has a ruthless clarity of vision, and breaks new ground in pushing character-based comedy right to the edge of profound discomfort. Read full review
80
Time OutJoshua RothkopfMar 4, 2015
Buzzard is both deeply unfun and something you can’t take your eyes off. It gets our edge of recommendation because there’s real focus to it: Marty’s ambitions are so low (his life seems to climax while wolfing down a $20 plate of spaghetti in a hotel room) that you truly fear for the future. Meet the new slacker. Read full review
80
The DissolveScott TobiasMar 4, 2015
As Marty continues to run scams, the laughs continue unabated, but the dread only deepens, because we realize he’s a creature of need, capable of anything but empathy. And he’s been pushed to the precipice. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoMar 6, 2015
Under Potrykus’ clever direction and with a striking performance from Joshua Burge, Marty goes from quirky to desperate to dangerous gradually and effectively. He’s not a character to be taken lightly, or quickly forgotten. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineElise NakhnikianMar 16, 2014
This is a study of a man who's hard to like, harder to dismiss, and impossible to pigeonhole. Read full review
70
Village VoiceChris PackhamMar 3, 2015
Potrykus and Burge make this transformation — from funny, oddball character study to darker portrayal of desperation — more naturally than it seems should be possible. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeApr 1, 2014
A chilly allegory whose antihero is both compelling and repulsive. Read full review
70
VarietyRonnie ScheibMar 16, 2014
Giving not an inch to any sort of readable moral paradigm, this third installment in Potrykus’ Grand Rapids-set animal trilogy (including his 2010 short “Coyote” and his 2012 feature “Ape”) proves as fascinating as it is off-putting. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeEthan GilsdorfMar 5, 2015
Potrykus seems to be going for a critique of disengaged youth stuck in a corporate dystopia of dead-end jobs and fear of life itself. But as a “Clerks” for the Millennial generation, the social commentary of Buzzard tastes about as half baked as the Hot Pocket in Marty’s toaster oven. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreMar 3, 2015
Think of Marty as an R-rated Napoleon Dynamite — foul-mouthed, irritating, irritable, self-absorbed and clueless. He’s also a bit dangerous, the personification of the bird that gives his filmed story its title — Buzzard. Read full review
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