Rumble Fish
Universal Pictures | Release Date: October 8, 1983 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
63
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
3
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
Deliriously expressionistic visually and aurally. Read full review
88
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
I thought Rumble Fish was offbeat, daring, and utterly original. Read full review
88
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jay Scott
The most amazing thing about this amazing movie may be that in the end it communicates the large uncertainties and small hopes of a twisted, inarticulate adolescent boy perfectly, and wordlessly. [14 Oct 1983]
75
Boston GlobeJay Carr
A triumph of romantic impulse over stylistic indulgence. [21 Oct 1983]
60
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
The stunning black-and-white cinematography in Francis Coppola's Rumble Fish functions rather like a cold compress, subduing a film that is otherwise all feverish extremes. Read full review
60
TimeRichard Corliss
Rumble Fish is the messiest, most provocative inkblot of the year. Read full review
60
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Rumble Fish is another Francis Coppola picture that's overwrought and overthought with camera and characters that never quite come together in anything beyond consistently interesting. Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderDave Kehr
The action is clotted and murky, and Coppola obviously hasn't bothered to clarify it for the members of his cast, who wander through the film with expressions of winsome, honest befuddlement. Read full review
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