Ghostbox Cowboy
Dark Star Pictures | Release Date: November 30, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
76
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
The New York TimesGlenn KennyDec 13, 2018
Ghostbox Cowboy feels like a William Gibson adaptation directed by David Lynch and Jean-Luc Godard — while not directly lifting from or nodding to those artists. It’s rare that a release so late in the year is so noteworthy, but this is a genuine find. Read full review
90
Film ThreatLorry KiktaJan 22, 2019
Ghostbox Cowboy is a wonderful mishmash of mockumentary that lends comparisons to Ulrich Seidl’s work or Harmony Korine’s earlier films such as Julien Donkey Boy and Gummo, with the weirdness of Terry Gilliam and the idiosyncratic brutality of Werner Herzog, while also being a completely unique animal apart from these influences. Read full review
83
The PlaylistJoe BlessingApr 30, 2018
Fascinating, atmospheric, and utterly strange in ways both good and bad, Ghostbox Cowboy pulls back the curtain on those trying to export the American dream and reaping the whirlwind. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyApr 27, 2018
It’s unclassifiable. Read full review
70
VarietyDennis HarveyNov 30, 2018
This original if sometimes befuddling vision blurs the line between fiction and documentary elements, conventional storytelling and improvisational collage, all to oft-bracing effect. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayNov 29, 2018
The film’s as eclectic as it is eccentric, and it stays true to its own twisted sense of poetry, all the way to an epilogue that’s somehow even odder than anything that came before. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterHarry WindsorApr 27, 2018
It's certainly never boring, and Maringouin makes the madness feel queasily real. Read full review
70
Screen DailyDavid D'ArcyApr 27, 2018
This culture clash plays more with delightful nuances than with big surprises, but David Zellner brings plenty of American innocence to the role of a fortune-seeker brought to his knees; as they say in Texas, he’s all hat and no cattle. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreNov 29, 2018
I was fascinated, but I can’t say I liked Ghostbox Cowboy as much as I enjoyed the films it seems inspired by. Read full review
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