Milwaukee, Minnesota
Palisades Tartan | Release Date: June 3, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
41
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
9
Negative:
2

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
San Francisco ChronicleJonathan Curiel
Memorable enough. Read full review
63
New York PostLou Lumenick
Never-quite-believable crime drama. Read full review
60
Film ThreatDoug Brunell
When you have Bruce Dern and Randy Quaid in a movie, you have expectations. Those two rarely disappoint, and that continues to be the case here. Read full review
50
VarietyScott Foundas
It's a fantastic-looking picture in search of a decent script. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
The middling new Milwaukee, Minnesota, on the other hand, qualifies as 100 percent faux-noir. It recycles much from classic thrillers but has little to add. Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
A very uneven dark comedy. Read full review
40
Village VoiceJoshua Land
Saddled with an improbable plotline and an incoherent character, Garity demurs on the invitation to overact. Read full review
40
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
Mr. Garity's performance doesn't quite redeem this sorely lacking production. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyErnest Hardy
More predictable than its makers seem aware, its emotional hooks much too dull to pull us in. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Not quite the sum of its occasionally interesting parts. Most of its cast makes strong impressions, but the plot and motivation don't quite jell, resulting in a minor item that shows its star Troy Garity to good advantage. Read full review
40
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Not bad to look at, but consistently unedifying. Read full review
38
Chicago TribuneAllison Benedikt
Maybe if Mindel had focused more on his characters, less on the silly "noir" trickery, his film would do Garity justice. As it is, go find better work, kid. Read full review
30
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
A riot of artfully grungy hotel rooms, sleazy costumes and sordid behavior, Allan Mindel's directing debut gives off the smug air of hipsters at play, making it hard to care what happens to any of its lost souls and inept opportunists. Read full review
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