Night at the Golden Eagle
Screen Media Films | Release Date: April 26, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
32
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
2
Negative:
5
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70
Film ThreatRon Wells
It's a harsh lesson, but this movie is more than able to grab and hold your attention for it. I just wouldn't bring a date. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
A modest pleasure that accomplishes its goals with ease and confidence. Read full review
40
The New York TimesDana Stevens
The visual intensity and the relentless degradation visited on the characters begins to feel prurient and dishonest. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyChuck Wilson
The director pulls back from the hotel, placing it against the skyline of our beautiful city, which appears to be waiting, patiently, for a more original exploration of its inhabitants. Read full review
38
New York PostLou Lumenick
Never decides whether it wants to be a black comedy, drama, melodrama or some combination of the three. The acting and direction are all over the map in this consistently depressing, if occasionally interesting, slice of life. Read full review
30
Village VoiceMark Holcomb
Rifkin milks the generic Bukowski-land setting for all its melodramatic potential, but what little grace his tale of precarious skid-row dignity achieves is pushed into the margins by predictable plotting and tiresome histrionics. Read full review
30
New Times (L.A.)Gregory Weinkauf
It's Tommy's job to clean the peep booths surrounding her, and after viewing this one, you'll feel like mopping up, too. Read full review
25
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Adam Rifkin's dank, relentless drama puts you savagely through the wringer without bothering to enlighten or entertain. Read full review
20
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
While the homeless, the mentally ill and the generally downtrodden are scattered about like so much shabby furniture, Rifkin has no qualms about wallowing in their filth, but he misses the tragedy of their lives -- just as he misses everything else. Read full review
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