The Big Bang
Anchor Bay Films | Release Date: May 13, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
25
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
3
Negative:
5
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerMay 14, 2011
Isn't overwhelmingly good, but it's just nutty enough to keep you watching. Read full review
50
VarietyAndrew BarkerMay 14, 2011
A borderline unintelligible, scattershot attempt at Lynchian neo-noir that takes intellectual and aesthetic risks it has no reasonable hope of pulling off. And yet train wreck that it may be, it's completely watchable, at times garishly eye-catching, and certainly the only film in theaters that features Snoop Dogg comparing himself to Alfred Hitchcock. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenMay 13, 2011
The movie never rises above a style-over-substance exercise. Read full review
40
Village VoiceMichelle OrangeMay 10, 2011
Though the setup is pure Raymond Chandler (Farewell, My Lovely, specifically), the film's bleary, neon glamour and penchant for the bizarre suggests an attempted-and wayward-homage to David Lynch. Read full review
38
New York PostKyle SmithMay 13, 2011
For a noir, the film is way too talky and convoluted, yet for a physics lesson, it's trash. Read full review
20
Time OutNick SchagerMay 10, 2011
Agent-turned-director Tony Krantz has a penchant for stylization that quickly slides into a velvet-painting cheesiness, which-along with the script's pseudoprofound Philosophy 101 maxims-renders the atmosphere less noirish than ridiculously cartoonish. Read full review
10
The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttMay 9, 2011
Without Antonio Banderas, The Big Bang would be a whimper of a movie, too awful to watch. Read full review
0
The New York TimesStephen HoldenMay 12, 2011
With its red lighting and Hades-like smoke and fog, the lurid look of The Big Bang suggests a tacky disco inferno. I have a mental picture of the film's creators, stoned out of their minds on who knows what, cackling crazily as they outline a movie that would have more appropriately been titled "The Big Goof." Read full review
0
ObserverRex ReedMay 10, 2011
With eyes closed and jaw firmly set, concentrating hard enough to break a blood vessel, I cannot think of a movie more incomprehensible, moronic, pointless or abominable than a load of trash called The Big Bang. Read full review
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