Gimme Shelter
Roadside Attractions | Release Date: January 24, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
37
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 29 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
12
Negative:
12
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
Rolling StonePeter TraversJan 23, 2014
Propaganda is a bitch to act. And this misguided movie leaves Hudgens buried in it. Read full review
38
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsJan 23, 2014
Gimme Shelter suffers from an acute case of the fakes. The speeches sound like speeches, and not good ones. Read full review
33
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyJan 26, 2014
There’s nothing wrong with social-cause filmmaking, and the movie’s chief problem is less its political talking points than the corny way it tries to impart them. Read full review
30
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriJan 24, 2014
Whatever its politics, Gimme Shelter fails on multiple levels. Read full review
30
The New York TimesA.O. ScottJan 23, 2014
The film is more of a pageant than a convincing drama. It’s so determined to deliver its moral that it loses its grip on the reality of its characters. Read full review
30
The DissolveKeith PhippsJan 23, 2014
Though light on drama, Apple’s scenes at the shelter are easily the best part of the film, among the few moments when Gimme Shelter decides to show the effect of faith and charity rather than simply preach it. Read full review
25
New York PostSara StewartJan 24, 2014
A clunky movie that feels as if it’s underwritten by the Roman Catholic Church. Read full review
25
USA TodayScott BowlesJan 23, 2014
Preachy, manipulative and emotionally barren. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanJan 24, 2014
From an artistic perspective, Ron Krauss’ heavy-handed drama, Gimme Shelter, fails almost entirely. But if the director set out to combine the stilted falsity of 1980s after-school specials with leaden political dogma, he’s certainly achieved his goals. Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleLouis BlackJan 22, 2014
Yearning to be a tale of familial abuse and social oppression finally overcome by personal triumphant transcendence through community and love, the film is instead the plainest of generic pop songs. Read full review
12
Philadelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniJan 24, 2014
A happy-smiley Christian fairy tale disguised as a hard-hitting shard of social realism. Read full review
0
Slant MagazineR. Kurt OsenlundJan 22, 2014
Writer-director Ron Krauss's Gimme Shelter is wretched long before its odious ulterior motives come to light. Read full review
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