Random Acts of Violence
Elevation Pictures | Release Date (Streaming): August 20, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
39
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
4
Negative:
3
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80
Film ThreatLorry KiktaAug 20, 2020
Random Acts of Violence has something to say about the proliferation of torture porn and horror that glorifies violence. Baruchel does it in a smart, sometimes funny, and sometimes utterly devastating way. It’s absolutely worth checking out if you love horror, and maybe even if you don’t. Read full review
60
EmpireIan FreerAug 25, 2020
If it thematically bites off more than it can chew, Random Acts Of Violence is a full-on, visually arresting horror. What it lacks in chills, it makes up for in ambition and style. Read full review
50
The Film StageJared MobarakSep 8, 2020
On its most superficial horror flick level, Jay Baruchel’s latest directorial effort Random Acts of Violence works Read full review
40
The GuardianCath ClarkeAug 19, 2020
The movie falls apart with some moral handwringing that will likely infuriate genre fans, and for everyone else, feel like a tired airing of the debate around violence in movies – all the more objectionable in a film with its fair share of mutilated female victims. Read full review
40
VarietyDennis HarveyAug 18, 2020
The result is more flashy and shallow than ingenious, let alone terrifying. Yet it’s also a committed effort, one whose energy and style command some appreciation even when they overwhelm the shaky story gist. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineSteven ScaifeAug 17, 2020
For all of its ostensible thoughtfulness, in trying to describe “real art,” Random Acts of Violence ultimately doesn’t describe anything at all. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreAug 10, 2020
It’s as random as its title suggests, a genre flick that doesn’t do much more than stumble and angst-out from one killing to the next. Read full review
25
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoAug 20, 2020
A depressing, cynical slice of nihilism, a movie that thinks it’s saying something about gratuitous violence and exploitation of real tragedy but is even more hypocritically hollow than the films it purports to criticize. Read full review
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