Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
RLJE Films | Release Date: August 17, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
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4
Mixed:
8
Negative:
1
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80
Film ThreatBobby LePireNov 8, 2018
While a few flaws are present, the directors and screenwriter deliver a high energy bloodbath with several creepy scenes, excellent puppetry work, and a cast that shines brightly. It is well worth a watch, and I greatly look forward to a sequel. Read full review
80
Time OutJoshua RothkopfAug 17, 2018
What makes this latest installment such a riot — apart from having more money than usual, thereby allowing the practical special effects to achieve a splattery early–Peter Jackson glee — is its original script by "Brawl in Cell Block 99’s" S. Craig Zahler. Read full review
75
The PlaylistRyan OliverAug 23, 2018
By bringing in a strong screenwriter, hungry filmmakers with a vision, and a cast and crew who care deeply for the work... you get the recipe for a delightful and deranged modern-day exploitation film that doesn’t take itself too seriously, but somehow, asks you to take it more seriously than you might have otherwise. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayAug 16, 2018
Between the punchy dialogue, the skilled cast (some comic actors, some genre stalwarts) and the impressive animation, “The Littlest Reich” is good, sick fun. It’s got puppets, it’s got gore. Who could ask for anything more? Read full review
60
The GuardianLeslie FelperinApr 19, 2019
The incessant bloodshed is delivered with imaginative aplomb in this witty reboot of the 90s trash franchise. Read full review
58
The Film StageMike MazzantiAug 15, 2018
Littlest Reich is almost passionately gory. It’s essentially a series of murders, strung together by the most simplistic method imaginable: a cut. Read full review
50
IGNWilliam BibbianiAug 21, 2018
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich almost works. The dialogue and performances are unusually good for this kind of material, and the gore effects are shocking. But the changes the filmmakers made to this franchise have unpleasant consequences, which dramatically reduce the film's entertainment value, and arguably rob these iconic puppets of the very characteristics that made them special. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeAug 16, 2018
The leads all take this as seriously as possible, and Lennon goes the extra mile by investing scenes with Edgar's parents with believable emotional baggage. Read full review
50
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisAug 16, 2018
While you don’t require familiarity with the dozen or so earlier titles to enjoy this one, you do require a sense of humor that’s easily triggered and a gag reflex that isn’t. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Aug 15, 2018
It’s gnarly as hell. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineKeith UhlichAug 13, 2018
It all feels cheap and looks cheap, a far cry from what S. Craig Zahler can do when overseeing both a film's words as well as its images. Read full review
42
Film Journal InternationalMaitland McDonaghAug 16, 2018
Funny little Nazis require rather more finesse than The Littlest Reich possesses. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsAug 17, 2018
While it has a couple of appreciably goofy flourishes, the proudly crass horror-comedy Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich is sadly more boring than offensive despite its superficially controversial high-concept premise. Read full review
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