Revolution #9
Exile Pictures | Release Date: November 15, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
63
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Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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80
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Revolution #9, which is absorbing and terse, has some subtle, welcome comic relief from Spalding Gray. Read full review
80
The New York TimesDana Stevens
An unadorned, unsparing chronicle of a young man's descent into a nightmare of delusion, paranoia and self-destructive behavior. Read full review
80
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Just about everyone in this sharp, passionate feature is chillingly good. Read full review
70
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
By alternating between Jackson's and Kim's point of view, McCann shows both sides of the story: the panicky fear of the paranoid schizophrenic -- the arrhythmic editing and Marshall Grupp's masterful sound design convey a sense of dislocation and shifting reality -- and the bewilderment and frustration of the people who try to help him. Read full review
70
Village VoiceDennis Lim
While the ideas about techno-saturation are far from novel, they're presented with a wry dark humor. Read full review
70
VarietyScott Foundas
Looks with fresh eyes at a new millennium in which, seemingly, the entire world is bought and sold in neatly wrapped packages engineered for mass consumption. Read full review
63
New York PostMegan Lehmann
McCann weaves in a somewhat toothless condemnation of a bureaucracy that forsakes the mentally ill, but Revolution # 9 works better as an inside look at one person's slide into madness -- and, more particularly, the impact of that on his loved ones. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
McCann's point of view overwhelms the human elements of his story, but this is, nonetheless, a riveting piece of filmmaking. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
Though woefully oblique and underdeveloped, writer-director Tim McCann's Revolution #9 attempts the difficult task of burrowing into the fractured mind of a modern man who loses his grip on reality. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyErnest Hardy
So riddled with unanswered questions that it requires gargantuan leaps of faith just to watch it plod along, while McCann's overly broad strokes miss crucial details as he tries to mount an attack on both the power of the media and an indifferent medical profession. Read full review
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