Silver Bullets
Factory 25 | Release Date: October 28, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
59
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Mixed or average reviews based on 4 Critic Reviews
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0
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1
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88
Slant MagazineJaime N. ChristleyOct 26, 2011
Joe Swanberg's idea of making audiences "happy" is by acknowledging what his supporters and detractors have been saying about him for a number of years, but presenting these things within the same game of elliptical story-unraveling and confession that's governed most of his other films. Read full review
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The A.V. ClubAlison WillmoreOct 26, 2011
The line between "highly personal" and "navel-gazing" varies depending on one's feelings toward the person offering up the serving of self-contemplation, but Silver Bullets' introspection feels earned. Read full review
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Village VoiceMark HolcombOct 26, 2011
Silver Bullets is the most affecting "horror" movie I've seen in a while, as Swanberg ignores tired supernatural scare-flick trappings and locates terror in the shadowy, passive-aggressive process of making, and watching, movies. Read full review
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The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisOct 27, 2011
Silver Bullets neither pleases the eye nor stimulates the mind. Read full review
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