Cook County
Hannover House | Release Date: December 16, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
44
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Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
5
Negative:
2
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70
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyDec 13, 2011
Its raw performances and dirty-realist immersion in a harsh environment keep Cook County engrossing. Read full review
70
VarietyJoe LeydonNov 7, 2011
Despite a few continuity problems, this rough-edged, low-budget drama impresses with spot-on performances, perfect-pitch dialogue and an overall sense that something bad might happen at any moment, unless something worse happens first. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubAlison WillmoreDec 15, 2011
Cook County is an evocative portrait of the drug blight that's infected swaths of our country, but not only does it not get beyond that, its almost-gleeful horrorshow quality comes with the tinge of exploitation. Misery begets more misery, but to what end? Read full review
50
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisDec 15, 2011
What we need is for the writer and director, David Pomes, to wallow less in aimless dialogue and lowlife sordidness. What we need is a point. Read full review
50
IndieWireEric KohnDec 14, 2011
There's nothing slick or entertaining about the crumbling existence of Pomes' unsalvageable antiheroes. Read full review
40
Time OutSam AdamsDec 13, 2011
Pomes squeezes in a few well-observed details among the recycled white-trash clichés, but any AMC viewer who's tuned into the lead-in for Mount's TV Western - Breaking Bad - expects far, far more from his or her meth-fueled entertainment. Read full review
40
Village VoiceNick PinkertonDec 13, 2011
Rather than viewing moral chaos from the eye of a storm, director David Pomes watches his movie blow off into the storm itself. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineNick SchagerDec 13, 2011
Unlike AMC's Breaking Bad, meth here doesn't reflect current, perilous economic realties; rather, it's just a low-rent drug used by degenerates whose lives say nothing about anything. Read full review
12
New York PostKyle SmithDec 16, 2011
Depravity and addiction can be dramatic and fascinating, or they can be as they are in this week's indie filthathon Cook County. Read full review
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