Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Amazon Studios | Release Date: July 13, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 39 Critic Reviews
Positive:
28
Mixed:
11
Negative:
0
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60
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottJul 26, 2018
Like the work of Callahan, Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far On Foot is dark, it is irreverent, it is often willfully offensive. But there's also an admirable frankness at work there, an honestly that helps keep things rolling forward -- even when its own wheels occasionally get stuck in the sand. Read full review
60
The New YorkerAnthony LaneJul 16, 2018
Why, then, does the pulse of the narrative falter in the second half? Mainly because Van Sant has covered so much ground in the first, and there isn’t a great deal left to recount. Read full review
60
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisJul 12, 2018
Self-pitying or smug, jaunty or crestfallen, callous or contrite, the movie’s fitful tone is fully yoked to Joaquin Phoenix’s sodden-to-sober lead performance. Read full review
60
Village VoiceKristen Yoonsoo KimJul 11, 2018
If there’s one thing that Van Sant does very well here, it’s creating a humanizing anchor at the center of the story. Despite some distracting narrative choices and sketchy character development (especially with Mara’s character, who, of course, turns into a love interest), the film does eventually find its footing. Read full review
60
The TelegraphTim RobeyFeb 21, 2018
It’s unlikely to change anyone’s life, exactly, but it’s genial, funny, and invigorating. Read full review
58
The Film StageJordan RaupJan 20, 2018
John Callahan’s life is a fascinatingly complex one, and Phoenix is certainly the ideal actor to portray him, but Gus Van Sant’s maudlin, erratic approach leaves too little of an impression. Read full review
50
ConsequenceClint WorthingtonJul 19, 2018
Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On Foot is an incredibly mixed bag, a complicated story told with an approach that would have made more sense as a follow-up to Good Will Hunting in the ‘90s. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleJul 18, 2018
Something about Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot keeps it from adding up to a satisfying movie experience. It has the feeling, rather, of a story you might hear about a friend of friend. Read full review
50
Washington PostAnn HornadayJul 18, 2018
Uplift winds up getting the better of “Don’t Worry,” in which Phoenix delivers an impressively committed performance that nonetheless can’t overcome the movie’s worship of Callahan’s most immature, solipsistic and self-dramatizing foibles. A movie that’s supposed to inspire winds up being irritating instead. Read full review
50
Film Journal InternationalTomris LafflyJul 11, 2018
Despite committed performances across the board, I left the film craving a deeper, more conventionally attentive character study. Read full review
40
The GuardianJordan HoffmanJan 20, 2018
There are plenty of great moments, but they jump out amid a jumble of strangely flat scenes. This doesn’t feel like the work of a great master; it’s a discordant brew that just doesn’t blend right. Read full review
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