Saint John of Las Vegas
IndieVest Pictures | Release Date: January 29, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
32
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
10
Negative:
9
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63
New York PostKyle Smith
Buscemi is appealing as always, but the movie, is only sporadically funny. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
I like its devotion to the drab outskirts of Sin City, and Buscemi's performance is right up his alley without being entirely predictable. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
Predictably, the best moments belong to Buscemi, whose performance is a model of understatement in a field of grotesques. Read full review
50
TimeMary Pols
One of those shaggy-dog stories that you keep hoping will get sharper, smarter, cooler, more worthy of its star. Buscemi may not be exactly celestial, but he still deserves better. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
This movie is all elbows. Nothing fits. It doesn't add up. It has some terrific free-standing scenes, but they need more to lean on. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Proof positive that comedy is hard, this debut feature by Hue Rhodes offers a wealth of skilled players and admirably offbeat gags yet seldom manages to generate any laughs. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeJanice Page
The best thing about Saint John of Las Vegas is that it makes you really appreciate guys like David Lynch and Joel and Ethan Coen. Read full review
42
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
fFat, dull drag. Read full review
40
Boxoffice MagazinePete Hammond
An amusing turn from Steve Buscemi in the title role and some sporadically funny, off-beat dialogue provided by debuting writer/director Hue Rhodes make for a passable, if forgettable, little time passer. Read full review
40
New York Magazine (Vulture)David Edelstein
The film turns into one of those indie parades of eccentrics that are hit-and-miss but mostly miss. Read full review
40
Time OutAndrew Grant
Though the credits include an impressive roster of names, this low-stakes poker hand feels like an undiscovered relic from the early ’90s, and that’s not a good thing. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesGary Goldstein
The presence of the ever-reliable Steve Buscemi adds a welcome boost to Saint John of Las Vegas, an otherwise unremarkable debut feature from writer-director Hue Rhodes. Read full review
38
Rolling StonePeter Travers
First-time director and screenwriter Hue Rhodes shows no discernible talent for dialogue, humor and, especially, pacing. Read full review
30
Village VoiceVadim Rizov
Mostly, Saint John traps good comic performers--including Malco and Peter Dinklage as John's boss--in airless editing and an unproductive, unresolved, sludgy tone. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterSheri Linden
The movie is a letdown, stringing together pointless episodes to little effect. It's the kind of thinly conceived, quirk-for-quirk's-sake indie that gives indies a bad name. Read full review
25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
A funereally unfunny comedy. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
Saint John of Las Vegas was a bad script that somehow got made into a bad movie with good people in it. Read full review
20
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
The writing is semicoherent at best, and the buddies of this meandering road trip are not only mismatched but dislikable. Read full review
20
The New York TimesStephen Holden
This disjointed, desperately whimsical film is simply not funny: not for a minute. Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
You watch and wait for this underachieving film to ignite, then grow more and more exasperated as you witness its many misfires. Read full review
16
Entertainment WeeklyChris Nashawaty
With stars like Steve Buscemi and Sarah Silverman and big-fish producers such as Spike Lee and Stanley Tucci on board, you'd think this indie would offer some glimmer of wit or originality. Think again. Read full review
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