God Is a Bullet
Selecta Visión | Release Date: June 23, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
2
Negative:
6
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Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerJun 22, 2023
The resolute commitment to finding tiny sparks of hope in a pitch-black cosmos yields its own bitter and oddly warming reward. Read full review
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The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckJun 22, 2023
This exercise in brutal nihilism ultimately proves as empty as the inane philosophy that provides the film its title. Read full review
40
VarietyDennis HarveyJun 22, 2023
Nick Cassavetes’ slick adaptation certainly maintains the book’s mix of lurid incident and pontificating pretentiousness — albeit without the kind of intensity that might have made this far-fetched story credible, or the atmospheric style that might’ve pulled it off as a fevered nightmare à la David Lynch instead. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comRobert DanielsJun 23, 2023
There are, to be sure, moments of shock. But they offer very little awe. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineRoss McIndoeJun 22, 2023
Aside from the red stuff, the film is scarcely interested in what’s inside its characters. Read full review
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The A.V. ClubLuke Y. ThompsonJun 22, 2023
Cut God Is A Bullet down to a tight 90 minutes, and it might at least consistently deliver the cheap thrills and nihilistic kick it only occasionally achieves. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleJun 23, 2023
A lumbering Frankenstein’s monster of a B movie. Read full review
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The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisJun 22, 2023
The misogyny of the movie’s risibly sadistic villains is only one distasteful thread in this sleazy saga of rescue and revenge. Read full review
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San Francisco ChronicleBob StraussJun 26, 2023
A distasteful, overlong slog, but at least the filmmaker appears to have put everything he wanted to up on the screen. Read full review
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