Prince
FilmBuff | Release Date: August 14, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
65
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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88
Slant MagazineClayton DillardAug 8, 2015
It revives hope for a pop-art cinema that's capable of treating characters like actual human beings rather than pawns on a chess board. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenAug 13, 2015
Packing plenty of visual zip and terrific character faces into its compact running time, De Jong never allows the considerable quirkiness to upstage the storytelling. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoAug 14, 2015
A strong, creative addition to the crowded coming-of-age genre. Read full review
70
Screen DailyJonathan RomneySep 10, 2015
Ultimately, Prince is unwilling to follow through on its darker impulses, while equally reluctant to go the whole nine yards in its lighter comedy register. Even so, its stylistic brio makes Prince enough of a live wire to bode well for de Jong’s future. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneySep 10, 2015
Even if de Jong's command of the shifting styles is inconsistent, the movie has a quirky spirit that makes it easy to enjoy. Read full review
70
VarietyJustin ChangSep 10, 2015
A slender, morally simplified fable that makes up for its tonal and narrative imprecisions with considerable visual energy, musical pizzazz, and a panoply of colorful characters. Read full review
70
Village VoiceIan S. PortAug 11, 2015
Like a purple Lamborghini — or an adolescent boy's first, er, encounter — the film is too fast but almost unquestionably fun. Read full review
58
The PlaylistKen GuidryAug 19, 2015
It wants to be cute, it wants to cool, and it also wants to be thoughtful and engaging, but Sam de Jong is unable to make the story feel tight and focused enough to allow it to succeed on all those levels. Read full review
50
The New York TimesHelen T. VerongosAug 13, 2015
At times tender and at others unflinchingly brutal, this small drama of innocence and temptation could have aimed much higher. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleSteve DavisAug 12, 2015
The not-so-fresh Prince charts a familiar cautionary tale about the bad choices economically disadvantaged young men sometimes make early in life, but to its credit, it seldom feels hackneyed or cliched. Read full review
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