Down Terrace
Magnet Releasing | Release Date: October 15, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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91
Portland OregonianStan HallOct 28, 2010
Down Terrace is so intimate and hilariously offhanded (a hit man shows up for a job pushing his 3-year-old in a stroller) that it is all the more shocking when murderous violence finally erupts about halfway through. Read full review
91
Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumOct 27, 2010
A dark and hilarious thwomping of the whole miserablist British gangster genre. Read full review
80
Time OutDavid Fear
This muted mobster story reminds us that the ties that bind can also gag you, garrote you and slowly deaden your soul. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Down Terrace is long on talk but generates its own internal rhythms and pace that makes it feel bracing and vibrantly alive. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleWalter AddiegoFeb 17, 2011
It's hard to decide what's worse about this feral clan residing in Brighton, England: their unspecified criminal enterprises, their penchant for bloody vengeance or their twisted family dynamic. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
When Down Terrace gets in a good groove, Wheatley and Hill's dialogue is both funny and pointed. Read full review
75
New York PostLou Lumenick
It's full of funny stuff, from a hitman forced to drag along his 3-year-old when he can't get a sitter, to one of the goons being asked, "Do you have a Web presence?" Read full review
70
SalonAndrew O'HehirOct 22, 2010
When it's all over and you don't have to spend any more time smoking pot with Karl and Bill in their horrid little house, you may feel the elation of tragic catharsis. Then again, you may feel as if you just drank a bottle of drain opener; the difference between those states is subtle. Read full review
70
VarietyRonnie Scheib
Cleverly channeling gangster tropes through a British kitchen-sink soap opera, TV scribe-helmer Ben Wheatley has concocted a nifty black comedy, with a little help from his friends, in Down Terrace. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
The production comes by its authenticity naturally -- and not only because several of the cast members (fascinating faces all) happen to be related. Read full review
70
Village VoiceMelissa Anderson
Down Terrace has frequently been appreciated as "The Sopranos meets Mike Leigh." But a more fruitful comparison might be to last year's stand-out British satire "In the Loop": In both films, verbal aggression makes for the biggest laughs and the surest signs of moral decay. Read full review
60
EmpireDavid Parkinson
The father and son chemistry give this blackly-comic slice of social realism a dose of Ealing-lite wit. Read full review
50
The New York TimesStephen Holden
However persuasively acted, this mélange of cinéma vérité, slapstick and murder - whose story has a lot in common with the recent Australian gangster film "Animal Kingdom" - has too many narrative gaps for its pieces to cohere satisfactorily. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Strong performances and understated cinematography help balance the self-conscious editing, but ultimately the entire affair feels false. Read full review
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