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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Mixed:
5
Negative:
2
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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
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