Maniac
IFC Midnight | Release Date: June 21, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
9
Negative:
4
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25
ObserverRex ReedJun 18, 2013
Unfortunately, with only the bare outline of a script, no acting is required. The structure of the film is 89 minutes of brutality with a college degree. This is a warning, not a recommendation. Read full review
20
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottJun 29, 2013
The chief problem with such gimmick films -- including Maniac -- is that storytelling so often takes a back seat to the gimmick du jour, resulting movie that can be interesting from a technical perspective but not nearly as compelling as one would want. Read full review
20
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleJun 27, 2013
The self-serious POV visual style has none of Brian DePalma's cheeky, unnerving and self-implicating virtuosity — it just reinforces how sick and dumb this whole feel-bad exercise in misogyny and dimestore pathology is. Read full review
0
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierJun 20, 2013
This poor man’s Norman Bates, though, doesn’t make us wonder what makes him tick; he makes us want to shut our eyes. Read full review
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