Detachment
Tribeca Film | Release Date: March 16, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
5
Negative:
6
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38
New York PostKyle SmithMar 16, 2012
[Director Kaye's] dedication to the material is admirable, but his tactic of following one dismal development with an even more depressing one comes to seem monotonous and pointless. Read full review
30
TimeMary PolsMar 22, 2012
I didn't believe a word of the film and found myself feeling nothing but (I'm sure this wasn't Kaye's point) detachment. Read full review
30
Village VoiceMark HolcombMar 13, 2012
Movies about teachers are flypaper for overblown armchair crusaderism, and this overbearingly cynical attempt gets my vote for worst offender yet. Read full review
25
Miami HeraldRene RodriguezMay 10, 2012
The movie has an undeniable visceral power. It is also a loud, grating wallow in dime-store despair, a cheap and hollow button-puncher. Read full review
25
ObserverRex ReedMar 13, 2012
Detachment drives a coffin nail through a noble profession with such ruthless virulence that it makes no point at all. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineBill WeberMar 11, 2012
Endng in risible bathos, Tony Kaye's urban high school melodrama is all about the cute teacher's crises and the girls who love him. Read full review
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