Freak Weather
Release Date: February 2, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
45
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
7
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
McKenzie's mercurial performance is the centerpiece of this sad, surprisingly absorbing story. Read full review
50
Village VoiceLaura Sinagra
Kuryla has her prole banter down, and moments like McKenzie's desperate dance on her jalopy hood when Turturro locks her out move beyond literary sting into kinetic and sympathetic gutter picaresque. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
Though the whole of Freak Weather is too forced and fitful, significant stretches of the movie hold together. McKenzie gives a magnetic performance. Read full review
50
The New York TimesDana Stevens
Like its heroine, Freak Weather is courageous but disorganized; its loopy, screwball tone feels at odds with the gravity of the scenes of chaos and violence it depicts. Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
A promising feature-film debut. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
Director-screenwriter Kuryla displays some talent and an audaciously daring sensibility but ultimately fails to display the assured cinematic style that would make the unsavory proceedings more palatable. Read full review
40
VarietyEddie Cockrell
Fiction writer and debuting helmer Mary Kuryla is clearly after a Big Statement on abuse and strength of character, but falls short by creating a self-destructive monster in lieu of a sympathetic protagonist. Read full review
38
New York PostRussell Scott Smith
Mostly, Freak Weather is just pathetic. Read full review
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