Gold
Screen Media Films | Release Date: March 11, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
48
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
4
Negative:
3
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80
Film ThreatAlex SavelievMar 9, 2022
Gripping and mercifully short, it doesn’t quite achieve the status of cinematic gold. Perhaps it’s for the best, or Hayes may have fallen prey to his ambitions. Read full review
70
Screen RantNadir SamaraMar 14, 2022
Gold isn't a gut-punch, but it lulls to sleep before spearing with a jagged branch. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleSarah JaneMar 10, 2022
If you’re ready for 90-odd minutes of relentless desert scenes with Efron struggling to survive, then this movie is for you. Read full review
67
IndieWireSusannah GruderMar 10, 2022
While a nihilistic vision of the future — of climate disaster, war, disease, or some combination of the three — is certainly relatable, Gold ends up being rather empty itself, void of any real message aside from the lyrics to the Nick Cave song that play as the credits roll: “People Ain’t No Good.” Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubJordan HoffmanMar 10, 2022
Tension does build and there is a satisfying conclusion, but there is a significant stretch where, undeniably, a sizable amount of air comes out of the balloon. Read full review
60
The GuardianLuke BuckmasterMar 9, 2022
Gold is a minimalistic production, story and setting wise, with an interesting kind of contextual ambiguity: we know there is a wider world beyond the frame, though we don’t know what it looks like. Sparseness is intriguing, but this film is so damn sparse. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireMar 11, 2022
It's pretty standard man vs. nature stuff. It’s also a pretty simple parable about the perils of greed. All of this would be fine if “Gold” had more to it, but aside from its undeniable style, there’s very little there there. Read full review
42
The PlaylistNed BoothMar 11, 2022
As a movie, things play out as an obvious parable about the greed that grips men’s hearts once civilization’s fires die out. In terms of a one-man show for Efron, however, it provides too little dramatic flair to show he has a range beyond his pretty-boy charms. The film’s scope and setting are too barren to give Efron that opportunity. Read full review
40
VarietyGuy LodgeMar 13, 2022
As a lone drifter guarding a precious quarry in deadly desert conditions in a faintly futuristic nowhereland, [Efron's] good, as anyone’s who been paying attention should expect. Beyond that, it’s a somewhat arid exercise. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineMark HansonMar 9, 2022
Throughout, Efron seems almost determined to wipe away the last vestiges of his youthful looks. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreMar 9, 2022
Gold isn’t really bad. It’s just not enough to amount to anything, or anything much. Read full review
30
The New York TimesAmy NicholsonMar 10, 2022
The movie’s mood is unrelentingly miserable. Its cinematography, by Ross Giardina, is bleached-bone bright; its soundscape features more buzzing flies than music. Read full review
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