Fifty-Fifty
Picture This! Entertainment | Release Date: March 18, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
64
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
7
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
New York PostV.A. Musetto
A stunning drama from that remote former Soviet republic. Read full review
80
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
Schizo is in its way a taut and exciting thriller. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterRay Bennett
The brutality of the fights and Schizo's growing ability to outfox his enemies make for a taut and exciting little picture. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
With a cast of mostly non-actors, the film seems rough-hewn, like something you'd find rusted along a road. But it's actually a sophisticated blend of crime thriller, coming-of-age story and social realism. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeTy Burr
True to its title, Schizo is both gripped by the past and pulled toward an unknown future. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Working from a script cowritten with accomplished Siberian filmmaker Sergey Bodrov, the director creates a taut picture of a place, and a liberating moment of choice. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleRuthe Stein
Schizo offers not just the proverbial window into village life in Kazakhstan, but a panoramic view. Read full review
70
The New York TimesDana Stevens
Ms. Omarova has a painter's eye for composition and a novelist's sense of character. Read full review
70
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
It's a gripping, understated thriller with a solid emotional undercurrent that builds to an unexpectedly moving denouement. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
Schizo is an ugly name for a dark and lovely piece of work, but maybe that's the point. The world this film depicts can be a casually pitiless one, half modern and half tribal, but it can also offer compassion and beauty. Read full review
60
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
If one discounts the facile and unconvincing ending, this first feature by Guka Omarova, offers a convincingly bleak view of how a 15-year-old boy could get ahead in rural Kazakhstan in the early 90s. Read full review
60
VarietyLeslie Felperin
Schizo manages to keep it fresh. Read full review
50
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
A modest, formulaic day trip from Kazakhstan. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
Though it's equally concerned with sensitive young criminals in squalid communities, Schizo is no "City Of God," for better and worse. Read full review
50
L.A. WeeklyDavid Chute
Schizo is an earnest also-ran, sadly muffled by the opaque performance of non-actor Oldzhas Nusupbayev. Read full review
50
Washington PostJen Chaney
Though it captures many sharp, stark details of life in poverty-stricken Kazakhstan, Schizo's momentum is so measured, it nearly lulls its audience to sleep. Read full review
40
Film ThreatPhil Hall
A compelling screenplay, to be certain. But sadly, Omarova's direction is too leisurely to wring any emotional power. Read full review
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