Ten Thousand Saints
Screen Media Films | Release Date: August 14, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
62
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
5
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
The PlaylistKatie WalshJan 31, 2015
Though it’s dealing with difficult subject matter, the film teems with life throughout every funny, bittersweet, and wild moment, slapping a smile on your face that won’t go away and you don’t know why. Read full review
80
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerAug 13, 2015
If you are one of those people who romanticize the East Village in New York when it was at its grungiest, Ten Thousand Saints might be the movie of your dreams. Even if you’re not, it’s still a very fine film, full of quietly impressive performances and young characters who register as authentic. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeJan 31, 2015
Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini's Ten Thousand Saints offers both a premise and a setting ripe for nostalgic sentimentality but indulges in little of it. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyAug 14, 2015
It's an extremely effective context for this particular story, told with no nostalgia, lots of humor, and a cast of really watchable characters. They are "types," for sure, but the types are given room to breathe. It's a sensitive and interesting film. Read full review
70
Village VoiceStephanie ZacharekAug 11, 2015
The movie has a lilting, generous spirit: Springer Berman and Pulcini, the filmmaking team behind the 2003 American Splendor, have a feel for human eccentricities and weaknesses, and they know how to draw the best from their casts. Read full review
70
VarietyGeoff BerkshireJan 31, 2015
Part teen romance, part awkward love triangle, part generational-clash portrait, and almost all powered by nostalgia, this warmly conceived dramedy will likely resonate strongest with audiences who have a direct connection to the story’s place and time. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesMichael SragowAug 13, 2015
As always, Berman and Pulcini suffuse their movie with a let's-try-anything spirit — and liberate most of their actors. What keeps Ten Thousand Saints from being another "American Splendor" (2003) or "Cinema Verite" (2011) is that this time, their tapestry has a hole in the center, where their pale antihero cannot pull the colorful threads together. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Aug 12, 2015
The result, unfortunately, is a movie featuring a teenage hero who spends most of his screen time watching from the sidelines, passively observing events that just sort of happen around him. Read full review
50
Washington PostStephanie MerryAug 20, 2015
The movie captures the city vibrantly, in moments of beauty and brilliance.... But Jude, our narrator, is paper thin. Read full review
50
IndieWireSterlin JohnsonJan 31, 2015
The movie casts a wide net, but doesn't explore its themes long enough to make any substantial points. Despite its authentic setting, Ten Thousand Saints never gets around to providing a gratifying story to accompany it. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsKatherine PushkarAug 12, 2015
The cast all do well with banal material that’s beneath them, especially Emily Watson. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineClayton DillardAug 10, 2015
Even when tragedy strikes early on, the revelation is just another "growing up is hard" dot on the grid. Read full review
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