Men Cry Bullets
Leo Films | Release Date: October 22, 1999 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
32
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
3
Negative:
6

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
Beautiful story of doomed love. Read full review
60
L.A. WeeklyF. X. Feeney
Writer-director Hernandez is comfortable with violent, perverse emotions, and can find humor in them -- a refreshing quality that keeps one watching long after her movie has jumped its own tracks and zoomed to a private world of obscurely motivated quarrels and uninvolving reconciliations. Read full review
60
Village VoiceNico Baumbach
This amateurish no-budget effort has earnest charm, and a sensitivity to the tragic dimension of amour fou that saves it from lapsing into shtick. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
The downside is that it all feels like a big in-joke, and you're not in on it. Read full review
30
The New York TimesAnita Gates
A muddled film with John Waters aspirations. Read full review
25
New York PostJonathan Foreman
A lobotomized attempt to make a no-budget John Waters movie, Men Cry Bullets is a painful reminder of just how bad indie cinema can be - especially when it plays with gender roles. It's desperately unfunny and dreadfully acted, written and directed. Read full review
25
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Strains to be shockingly original but winds up as cheap and cheesy as its characters. Read full review
25
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
The acting is more amateurish than Billy's diva act, and for all its ambitious editing, the film looks like something made in the Addams Family's attic. Read full review
0
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
The race is on for worst film of the year honors. Among the top contenders: Men Cry Bullets. Read full review
0
San Francisco ExaminerWesley Morris
Overlong, naggingly pretentious, more absurd than absurdist and a cruel, cruel bore. Read full review
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