Shallow Grave
Gramercy Pictures (I) | Release Date: February 10, 1995 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
69
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
Positive:
14
Mixed:
7
Negative:
0
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60
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
A sky-high level of misanthropy overwhelms his film in ways that prove more sour than droll, despite the presence of skillful actors and a bizarrely enveloping plot. Read full review
58
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
McGregor is a real charmer, a young Malcolm McDowell with a Scottish lilt; Brain Tufano's photography manages to be both rich and stark at once; Hodge's script has some genuinely arch lines. [03 Mar 1995]
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
All of the materials are in place for a film that might have pleased Orwell. But somehow they never come together. Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
This pitch-black comedy is less lurid than its title, but director Danny Boyle ultimately fritters away his psychologically rich story in a horror-flick finale. Read full review
50
Washington PostHal Hinson
Boyle's characters, too, are young and fresh and promisingly rude - especially McGregor's Alex - but they become less and less interesting as the movie progresses. Read full review
50
Washington PostDesson Thomson
This is exactly the kind of weird, sardonic texture the movie is aiming for - and unfortunately, most of it occurs in the first half of the story. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesPeter Rainer
Director Danny Boyle and screenwriter John Hodge (who is a physician!) keep the action spurting forward, but their approach is oblique. We seem to be catching the odds and ends of scenes; it's as if the filmmakers wanted to make a movie in which all the expected high points were skimped. Read full review
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