R
Olive Films | Release Date: June 17, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
67
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Time OutDavid FearJun 14, 2011
This unflinching parable brings the hammer down on its cinematic brethren's fetishization of cell-block Rockefellers. R's final shot says it all: The house wins. The house always wins. Read full review
75
New York PostV.A. MusettoJun 17, 2011
If you were among the many who thought highly of "A Prophet," the French prison drama that played here last year, you'll want to see the brutally realistic Danish thriller R. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineGlenn Heath Jr.Jun 14, 2011
If the trajectory of R foreshadows tragedy early and often (what prison film doesn't?), the filmmakers manage to infuse quiet moments of reflection and panic into each man's traumatic experience. Read full review
70
The New York TimesStephen HoldenJun 16, 2011
Isn't as hellish as the situation behind bars is portrayed in American movies, some of which are so gory they qualify as prison porn. But it is awful enough. Read full review
60
VarietyAlissa SimonJun 14, 2011
More pathetic than sympathetic, the young protags are not romanticized or made heroic. While this suits the style of the picture, which never conforms to the melodramatic conventions and stock characters of the prison genre, it also works against audience identification. Read full review
50
Village VoiceAndrew SchenkerJun 14, 2011
Following "Prophet" director Jacques Audiard's lead, Lindholm and Noer attempt to make up in raw emotion what their film lacks in context, an approach good for a surprising amount of mileage, until the project finally chokes on its own inevitable nihilism. Read full review
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