Cost of a Soul
Relativity Media | Release Date: May 20, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
30
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
3
Negative:
5
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75
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyMay 19, 2011
If Martin Scorsese updated "The Roaring Twenties," the classic Jimmy Cagney movie about World War I vets who come home and find that the only jobs available are with gang lords and bootleggers, it would look a lot like Sean Kirkpatrick's rookie feature, Cost of a Soul. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierMay 20, 2011
Though it's rough around the edges, it is also, undeniably, a nervy, confident debut. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttMay 17, 2011
While Kirkpatrick does a fine job in establishing a gritty inner-city milieu and a collection of more than credible street characters caught up in an endless cycle of crime and violence, his body count reaches the proportions of the worst sort of studio schlock. Going for a shock effect, he instead strains credulity and risks unintended laughs. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayMay 19, 2011
It's a lousy movie, but it has spunk. Read full review
30
VarietyJohn AndersonMay 24, 2011
As is, the emotional elements explored by Cost of a Soul, and the devices it employs, seem trite and occasionally shoplifted from better-told tales. Read full review
30
Village VoiceNick SchagerMay 17, 2011
Kirkpatrick's color-deficient visual scheme is sturdy, but it can't compensate for a mechanical, unsubtle script. Read full review
20
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisMay 19, 2011
As one bloody encounter treads on the heels of the next, all that remains is a tiny indie undone by its own vicious ambitions. Read full review
20
Time OutDavid FearMay 17, 2011
Performances barely meet a junior-collegiate theater-troupe level, the narration hits maxi-fromage heights, and just when you think it can't get any more derivative, out comes a glowing suitcase à la "Pulp Fiction." Rock bottom has now been firmly established. Read full review
12
New York PostKyle SmithMay 20, 2011
Rookie director Sean Kirkpatrick keeps stomping on the drama pedal while blowing the cliché horn, yielding scene after tired scene of predictable developments as the principals keep shoving guns into mouths and screaming obscenities. Read full review
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