Downtown Owl
Stage 6 Films | Release Date (Streaming): April 23, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
48
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
5
Negative:
1
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70
The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenApr 23, 2024
The tyro directors manage to thread a tricky needle with their first feature, navigating the chasm and the overlap between agitated and quiet, between cartoon brightness and angst. Read full review
58
IndieWireKate ErblandApr 23, 2024
It’s a slice of life, surely, but a meager one at that. Read full review
50
The PlaylistMarshall ShafferApr 23, 2024
The drama in Downtown Owl often feels stilted and too locked in to Klosterman’s observations instead of the character’s actions. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperApr 22, 2024
It’s an occasionally interesting, well-acted mess. Read full review
42
Paste MagazineJesse HassengerJun 12, 2023
Despite its rueful musings on the time that passes whether or not you’re properly occupying yourself, and despite the clear passion Rabe and Linklater exhibit for this material, Downtown Owl persists in a kind of circular ramble. It’s so transfixed by the process of muddling through that the movie itself becomes an indistinct muddle of its own. Read full review
40
Screen RantMae AbdulbakiApr 23, 2024
The characters have a myriad of flaws and plights that would have made them compelling, but the film fails to explore them beyond the surface. Read full review
34
TheWrapTomris LafflyJun 9, 2023
This is a movie that neither works as a quirky dark comedy about the hapless people of a small town (on that note, the film is painfully unfunny), nor as a period piece on the anxieties of the Reagan era, no matter how many “1984” references the characters throw at you. Read full review
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