Never Goin' Back
A24 | Release Date: August 3, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
62
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 19 Critic Reviews
Positive:
13
Mixed:
6
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
58
The Film StageJose SolísAug 3, 2018
For all the times I applauded the film based on its sociological achievements, I found it deeply unsatisfying artistically. Read full review
58
Film Journal InternationalMaria GarciaAug 1, 2018
Marking her feature debut, Frizzell’s direction is competent, but her screenplay, which is semi-autobiographical, is a series of vignettes that narrowly add up to a narrative. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliAug 10, 2018
It’s supposed to be a screwball comedy but someone forgot to include the laughs. Read full review
50
Film ThreatNatalia WinkelmanAug 2, 2018
You can expect the same defecation and drug humor that crud up comedies of this ilk. Of course, its vacuity is intentional, and maybe we could always use more movies of the women-behaving-badly variety. But there’s also a real danger in perpetuating this type of teenage girl; it propagates the idea that, for women, defiance is power, radicalism is freedom, and being really hot is often all you need to survive. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyAug 1, 2018
The two leads have chemistry and a rebellious sort of charisma. Too bad they’re given such wheezy clichés to work with. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyMay 11, 2018
This is one of those films that, if shown overseas, could potentially make people think that the U.S. is going down the tubes even faster than imagined. Everyone in it — adolescents and grown-ups, too — is beyond stupid and content to remain that way. Read full review
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