The Catechism Cataclysm
IFC Midnight | Release Date: October 19, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
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83
IndieWireEric KohnOct 21, 2011
Catechism sometimes feels intentionally obscure, much like Rohal's last movie. It's essentially a hilariously brazen lark, which is reason enough to embrace it. Read full review
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The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayOct 19, 2011
If The Catechism Cataclysm does have something to say, it's that it's possible to enjoy a trip even when it isn't really going anywhere. Read full review
60
The New York TimesPaul BrunickOct 18, 2011
A lot of the fun in The Catechism Cataclysm, a horror-comic head trip from the writer-director Todd Rohal ("The Guatemalan Handshake"), comes in the form of silly, strange line deliveries: nonsense songs in strained falsetto, crisply over-articulated cuss words, syllables distended into schoolyard taunts. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineSimon AbramsOct 16, 2011
The film is an 80-minute shaggy-dog story about the seductive power of storytelling and the weird places it can transport us; too bad writer- director Todd Rohal doesn't take us any place worth going. Read full review
40
Time OutDavid FearOct 18, 2011
So it's no surprise that what starts out as a beer-soaked cringe comedy about stunted masculinity ends up deep in the woods with noise-loving Japanese tourists and exploding craniums - or that such detours into psychotronic oddity for its own sake can make even a 75-minute running time feel like an eternity. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinNov 3, 2011
A grating and witless would-be spoof of religion, male-bonding and, it seems, horror movies. Read full review
30
Village VoiceNick SchagerOct 18, 2011
Taking the notion of toilet humor literally but incapable of delivering its promised religious satire, The Catechism Cataclysm is more muddled than its tongue-twister title. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterJames GreenbergOct 16, 2011
Not so much blasphemous as just outrageous for the hell of it. Read full review
30
VarietyRob NelsonOct 16, 2011
In the curious absence of religious satire, toilet humor isn't enough to constitute comedy, while the leads' grating performances make 81 minutes feel eternal. Read full review
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