The Score
Gravitas Ventures | Release Date: June 3, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
51
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
7
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
67
The Film StageJared MobarakJun 1, 2022
Poulter and Ackie are so cute together with their acerbic flirtations. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreJun 13, 2022
The execution is novel, fascinating and just musically/romantically entertaining enough to not totally muck up the suspense that’s built in. Read full review
60
The Irish TimesTara BradySep 9, 2022
The triumvirate of actors at the heart of the film are so committed and so good. The songs are pleasing. The script is clever. There’s a charming Aristilean intimacy about the fixed location. Conversely, there are too many ideas and ambitions here to fit into a low-budget picture. Read full review
60
The GuardianCath ClarkeSep 6, 2022
The movie noodles along amiably, but in the cold light of day, its quirks begin to feel like flaws. Read full review
60
Time OutAnna SmithSep 6, 2022
The Score doesn’t always strike the right notes, but it has its high points thanks to a simple, rewarding romantic arc. Read full review
60
The New York TimesAmy NicholsonJun 2, 2022
The film is besotted by its own cleverness. The overwrought dialogue clashes with the rest of the movie’s naturalism. But Smyth’s very point is that ordinary folk have the right to strive for poetry — and his shaggy sincerity wins out in the end. With this promising ditty as his debut feature, the filmmaker introduces himself as a voice to be heard. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comNell MinowJun 14, 2022
The Score is an ambitious effort, a movie that is both a tense crime drama and a musical. Skillful attention has been paid to both elements by writer/director Malachi Smyth and a strong cast. But these elements are never integrated enough to become organic, and never come together to create a satisfying whole. Read full review
40
The Observer (UK)Nick JamesSep 11, 2022
Electro-folk song interludes (written by Flynn) offer images about rivers and such that might better suit another film – one that doesn’t feel as if it’s waiting for darkness so that it can finally become a noir. Read full review
40
Little White LiesNatasha JaggerSep 10, 2022
There’s a sense that Smyth’s writing only works in fits and starts, and all the fractured elements don’t ever quite fit together. Read full review
31
Paste MagazineJesse HassengerJun 3, 2022
By the end of this movie, its inventive genre cross-breeding feels as worn-out as any other. Read full review
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