Sal
Tribeca Film | Release Date: November 1, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
41
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
5
Negative:
2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
67
The A.V. ClubBen KenigsbergOct 30, 2013
Despite its modest proportions and chilling finale, Sal is foremost an affectionate tribute, conjuring ample warmth out of relatively little. Read full review
50
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlOct 29, 2013
A stubbornly not-bad character study. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterNeil YoungSep 23, 2013
While this heartfelt, rough-edged tribute to now largely-forgotten Hollywood actor Sal Mineo isn’t without interest, it’s too small-scale and sketchy. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenNov 1, 2013
Franco seems torn, on the one hand presenting his subject as a likably ordinary, self-involved actor and on the other sanctifying him as a would-be gay icon in a conformist industry. Read full review
40
The DissolveNathan RabinOct 29, 2013
Sal is so inconsequential, it barely exists. It seems possible that even Franco has forgotten it, in order to make room in his memory for the 74 similar projects he was pursuing around the same time. Read full review
40
VarietyJustin ChangSep 23, 2013
While Sal means to honor its subject, it’s too clunky and amateurish to really illuminate him. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comDan CallahanNov 1, 2013
The film ends with footage of his corpse on the sidewalk, and then a scene from "Rebel." From the first footage of the newscast on Mineo's death to this last tasteless film of his body lying in the street, nothing much has been learned about Mineo. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineNick McCarthyOct 30, 2013
It functions under the delusion that subtext will magically appear if you linger on a character long enough, and the significance of most of its scenes is nothing if not inscrutable. Read full review
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