Daydream Nation
Anchor Bay Films | Release Date: May 6, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
57
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Mixed or average reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
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3
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4
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1
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The New York TimesStephen HoldenMay 5, 2011
Daydream Nation hopscotches forward and backward and in and out of the surreal; its abrupt tangents are announced by chapter headings. In the most complicated sequence the film tracks three characters simultaneously. The cinematography is darkly lush in an ominous "Twin Peaks" mode. Read full review
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New York PostLou LumenickMay 6, 2011
Toggling between the tonalities of "Donnie Darko," "Ghost World" and the collected works of David Lynch, the blackly witty Daydream Nation takes its title from a Sonic Youth album. Read full review
70
VarietyJoe LeydonMay 2, 2011
Charged with alternating currents of teen angst, sardonic wit, nervous dread and impudent sensuality, Daydream Nation suggests "Juno" as reimagined by David Lynch, or a funnier, sunnier "Donnie Darko." Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierMay 6, 2011
Writer-director Michael Goldbach fills the story with too many distractions, but Dennings, known for "Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist," is feline and fun. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesMark OlsenMay 5, 2011
A fitfully engaging effort that is most successful as a performance piece for actors Kat Dennings and Reece Thompson. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsMay 5, 2011
It's a film about teen angst that's too caught up in its characters' state of mind to see its way through to the other side. Read full review
40
Village VoiceErnest HardyMay 3, 2011
Daydream is decently acted, overwritten, slickly shot, decked out with the requisite indie soundtrack, and propped up with angst-ridden poses and pouting lips. It's also another film in which on-screen teens, especially the nubile femme fatale at the center, are but vessels to showcase the screenwriter's irony-drenched, self-satisfied intellect. Read full review
20
Time OutNick SchagerMay 3, 2011
Michael Goldbach's pretentious take on identity development is woefully lacking in either subversive humor or genuine pathos; the overwrought end-of-the-world backdrop of a rampaging serial killer and a toxic industrial fire only poisons the concoction further. Read full review
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