Northfork
Paramount Classics | Release Date: July 11, 2003 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
64
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 31 Critic Reviews
Positive:
18
Mixed:
8
Negative:
5
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60
SalonStephanie Zacharek
Just about gets us off the ground on its dreamy, feathery angel wings; it just doesn't have the strength or the stamina to keep us aloft. Read full review
60
Village VoiceLaura Sinagra
Northfork's overall ponderousness prevents it from becoming a transcendent fictive poem on the violent domestication of the West. Read full review
60
EmpireNick Dawson
Every tiny aspect of the universe here comes from the filmmakers' imagination, and while this occasionally leaves us bemused, the film as a whole is a magical, otherworldly trip into undiscovered areas of cinema. Read full review
50
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
So stuck is the movie inside the heads and hearts of its indisputably gifted makers, it never quite makes the leap into ours. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
An improvement over "Jackpot," but not much. The best thing about it is Nolte, playing the grizzled priest as an angel in his own right. Everyone else- - save the young boy playing the orphan -- seems to be in on a joke we just don't get. Read full review
50
USA TodayClaudia Puig
The cinematic equivalent of an elaborate and poetically constructed non sequitur. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
Moody and atmospheric -- a study in tone over plot and pacing over characterization. Unfortunately, in devoting all of their efforts towards the film's look and feel, co-creators Mark and Michael Polish have crafted a motion picture that is static, occasionally opaque, and, worst of all, boring. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
The film is meticulously crafted but frustratingly meaningless. Read full review
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