Footprints
Paladin (II) | Release Date: April 15, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
32
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
4
Negative:
5
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleDec 15, 2011
It's original and poetic, and if you see it you will probably remember scenes from it a year from now, because it's not really like anything else. It's very much its own thing. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierApr 15, 2011
Sometimes a bit of befuddlement is exactly what you need. That's the driving idea behind writer-director Steven Peros' off-kilter, off-the-beaten path comedy, which owes a lot to 1980s indie cinema. Read full review
50
VarietyRonnie ScheibApr 15, 2011
Exhibits stray instances of intrigue and wit, and makes nostalgic hay with its enshrinement of old-timers Pippa Scott and H.M. Wynant, but ultimately suggests a too-writerly, over-padded "Twilight Zone" episode. Read full review
40
Time OutS. James SnyderApr 12, 2011
Steven Peros's character study is clearly designed as an homage to vintage Tinseltown mystique, so it's a pity that the old guard would have been mortified by Peros's rudimentary craftsmanship and Temtchine's thudding performance as a walking metaphor for L.A.'s young, A-list–averse idealists. Read full review
40
Village VoiceNick SchagerApr 12, 2011
Rife with classic-cinema shoutouts, the film is a cutesy, toothless variation on "Mulholland Drive," one whose attempts to pay tribute to movie magic are ultimately undercut by stagey aesthetics and narrative theatricality. Read full review
30
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisApr 14, 2011
From its "once upon a time" beginning to the anticlimactic end, Footprints remains fatally lodged in La-La Land. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinApr 14, 2011
This often risible head-scratcher never cracks the surface of its muddled ambitions, largely wasting its iconic settings on a series of motley interactions, Tinseltown trivia and self-conscious philosophizing. Read full review
25
The A.V. ClubAlison WillmoreApr 14, 2011
To give credit where it's due, Footprints makes a game attempt at creating a love letter to a place that may be inherently unlovable: Hollywood Boulevard, in all its faded glory and present-day Hooters/Hard Rock Cafe tackiness. Read full review
12
New York PostV.A. MusettoApr 15, 2011
Peros probably intends Footprints to be an homage to Hollywood's Golden Age. But the script's so incoherent and the acting so amateurish that it makes the worst old-time Hollywood B-flick seem like "Citizen Kane." Read full review
10
Boxoffice MagazineJohn P. McCarthyApr 12, 2011
The barely coherent Footprints seems bent on erasing any nostalgia one might have for Hollywood's heyday. Read full review
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