Never Grow Old
Phoenicia Pictures | Release Date: March 15, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
65
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
1
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
ObserverRex ReedMar 19, 2019
It’s too monstrous and mean-spirited to please everyone unconditionally, but I found it challenging and honest — and hair-raising enough to work as a modern morality tale in cowboy boots. Read full review
80
Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganJul 17, 2019
A classic, if downbeat, addition to the canon. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperMar 14, 2019
A well-made, rough-edged and solid frontier fable with a distinctive look and fine performances all around. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckMar 19, 2019
Wearing the proverbial black hat and speaking his menacing lines in a husky, near-whisper, Cusack thoroughly galvanizes the proceedings. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayMar 14, 2019
Never Grow Old isn’t a top-shelf western, but it’s thoughtfully made, with something to say about how even in a country that encourages rugged individualism, community matters. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreMar 11, 2019
Kavanagh’s second coup was in giving this too-familiar tale just the right star power, with the criminally under-used Hirsch shining as our anti-hero and Cusack, settling into the playing-the-heavy part of his career with as much wit as he can muster. Read full review
60
Film ThreatAlex SavelievMar 21, 2019
Ivan Kavanagh has an eye for style and a clear gift for building suspense. That said, the film is sadly less than the sum of its frequently-impressive parts. If nothing else, his messy, violent, dark and sad reflection of our society proves that the Western will never grow old. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyMar 15, 2019
As revisionist as it might aspire to be, Never Grow Old is rife with clichés, Cusack’s philosophical villain one of the most conspicuous. Read full review
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