I Am Not a Serial Killer
IFC Midnight | Release Date: August 26, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
54
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Mixed or average reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
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4
Mixed:
5
Negative:
2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
91
The A.V. ClubKatie RifeAug 25, 2016
What sets I Am Not A Serial Killer apart from other takes on this “killers hunting killers” concept (Dexter, anyone?) is its naturalistic, character-based approach. Read full review
80
Total FilmMatt GlasbyDec 22, 2016
Intelligent, original and committed, it’s also a little meandering. But Records cuts a strikingly amoral figure, and the sight of Christopher Lloyd intoning poetry over dying embers reminds us what a wonderful actor he is. Read full review
80
EmpireHamish MacbainDec 12, 2016
Breathing new life into the overfamiliar terrain of the serial killer, Irish director Billy O’Brien here both successfully reintroduces Max Records to the world, and elicits Christopher Lloyd’s best performance in a long time. His film deserves cult classic status at the very least. Read full review
75
The Film StageJared MobarakAug 25, 2016
Records does his best Lou Taylor Pucci in the lead role, crazed yet innocent (his turn from Where the Wild Things Are unavoidably brought to mind). He imbues John with a sense of longing, out-of-place and out-of-touch with social cues delivered his way. Read full review
60
Time Out LondonDavid ClackDec 6, 2016
The icky, well-teased, nightmarish climax is visually stunning for a low-budget project, though perhaps a touch too straight-up strange for some. Read full review
60
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottSep 1, 2016
It's a dark, troubled world that O'Brien has created, and one that's not without its occasional predictabilities. (As soon as you see Christopher Lloyd in the cast, you know he'll figure into the plot at some point. And you'd be right.) Still, it's one that -- like "Stranger Things" -- proves hard to resist. Read full review
60
The New York TimesDaniel M. GoldAug 25, 2016
Mr. Records (the child actor in “Where the Wild Things Are”) is nimble and unsentimental in playing a character who is playing at normal, supported by a solid cast in a well-filmed indie that doesn’t let its low budget get in the way of some true chills. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshAug 25, 2016
The film meanders, and the climax descends into campy fantasy worthy of any ’80s B-movie, but Records is quietly winning. Read full review
40
Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonAug 25, 2016
It's not a riot, though the Midwest textures are sharp (especially for an Irish filmmaker in an entirely Irish production), and the idea of witnessing a killing spree from the p.o.v. of a town's funeral home is full of rich discomfort. Read full review
25
RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsAug 26, 2016
The arbitrary value of life in I Am Not a Serial Killer makes its nature as an ostensibly character-driven mystery that much harder to swallow. Don't bother with this nonsensical time-waster. Read full review
12
Slant MagazineOleg IvanovAug 23, 2016
The film comes unsettlingly close to being an apologia for the kind of violence that stems from adolescent disaffection. Read full review
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