Hits

Name: Hits
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: February 13, 2015
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 45

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| Release Date: February 13, 2015 | Not Rated

Summary: A small town in upstate New York plays host to its inhabitants' delusions of grandeur.

Director: David Cross

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 96 min

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Nicolas Rapold

Feb 12, 2015

The gloriously scabrous ending to it all leaves the viewer wishing this talented writer had let it rip earlier. Read full review

Amy Nicholson

Feb 10, 2015

Cross, who also wrote the script, is content to come across like a grumpy old man. His comedy is one-note, furious, and fun-enough. Read full review

Jesse Hassenger

Feb 12, 2015

The satire of self-satisfied, opportunistic Brooklynites is cutting, but it lacks the humanity afforded the upstate characters, and quickly repeats itself, seemingly by design. Read full review

Drew McWeeny

Jan 8, 2015

There's a slightly lurching quality to the way things play out here, like Cross knew what he wanted to do, but he wasn't committed enough to any of the characters to make them more than the joke. Read full review

Joe Neumaier

Feb 12, 2015

All the low-hum, behavioral buffoonery gets a bit tedious. Still, cheers to Cross for the satirical road he covers, even with all the potholes. Read full review

Gary Goldstein

Feb 12, 2015

Unfortunately, by the end, thanks to a misguided use of a few offensive slurs against gays and African Americans, the whole thing turns needlessly ugly, undermining the goodwill Cross had mustered. Read full review

Charles Bramesco

Feb 12, 2015

Cross gathers a lot of narrative strands and elegantly knots them during a big, farcical climax. But that’s the one aspect of the film that truly works as it should. Just about every other element of Hits, from its eagerness to snigger at the expense of small-town yokels to its sneering disdain for the common-rabble forum YouTube, leaves a sour taste. Read full review

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sdweismann1

Jun 4, 2015

Stumbled across this on Netflix and went into it without reading any introduction besides the extremely ambiguous one Netflix provided. Keep in mind that I'm a film student majoring in screenwriting so this'll stick to my review of the story and plot. The tone of the entire film is bothStumbled across this on Netflix and went into it without reading any introduction besides the extremely ambiguous one Netflix provided. Keep in mind that I'm a film student majoring in screenwriting so this'll stick to my review of the story and plot. The tone of the entire film is both unique and consistent, where you see the town's fictional world pitted against the big real world in some of the funniest ways possible. It's so generational though that if you're not familiar with the modern web or current TV, I doubt you (like many critics) would enjoy it. Playing on a million different social commentaries at once would seem overwhelming, but with such a diverse and talented cast playing across such a long range of characters, it all manages to wrap up together nicely. The film is funny mostly when you take a step back and try to imagine any of this happening to your typical small hometown. It's not laugh out loud funny, but the tone basically says "I'm making a point by telling this story, and since it's funny that's why it'll be funny." The characters are engaging and had me rooting for them the whole way (even though I really couldn't say why), despite some of their obvious but regrettably understandable flaws. It might require some patience to get through some scenes, but the ending does an amazing and hilarious job of wrapping up the whole film, contrary to some critics completely missing the film's shocking twist at the end and instead thinking it's intended to just be funny. The path the story takes is interesting to follow largely because Cross creates a situation which any young audience can believe as it plays out, with Dave as an easily realizable main character to guide us through it. Highly recommended for adults and teens who are at least up to speed on knowledge of American modern culture.… Expand

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