Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
Miramax Films | Release Date: December 1, 1995 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
45
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Mixed or average reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
4
Negative:
6
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Rolling StonePeter Travers
It's a perversely comic movie ride into the wild blue of crime and punishment. Read full review
70
VarietyTodd McCarthy
Tartly written and vividly performed by a fine ensemble cast, Gary Fleder's bracingly entertaining first feature covers familiar ground in a fresh, breezy way. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
Moviegoers who can make it past "Denver's" excessive violence--no small thing--and get on this film's off-center wavelength will find a grave noir comedy heavy with romantic regret, a cocky piece of work that flaunts its style and attitude and dares you not to be impressed. Read full review
63
USA TodayMike Clark
Colorful. [1 December 1995, p.D13]
63
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
On balance, I think it's an interesting miss, but a movie you might enjoy if (a) you don't expect a masterpiece, and (b) you like the dialogue in Quentin Tarantino movies. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
More of a pretender than a contender in a field that includes superior entries like "Reservoir Dogs" and "The Usual Suspects." Read full review
60
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
Mr. Garcia gives one of his sleeker dreamboat performances. Read full review
60
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Alas, most of the surprise and the wit to be found here ends with the title. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
The movie features a very cool soundtrack and more hip lingo than two ears can absorb. But, like the air in Denver, this movie is spread awfully thin. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not credited)
Largely vapid, borderline homophobic, and surprisingly treacly. Read full review
33
Entertainment WeeklyKen Tucker
Its greatest achievement is that there isn't a single convincing scene in it. Read full review
30
Washington PostDesson Thomson
An overwrought gangster fable. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
Has that title going for it, which might annoy or provoke you. It makes me suspicious. It's the kind of flashy, meaningless title that's usually given to drab, pointless films. Read full review
25
San Francisco ExaminerBarbara Shulgasser
Things to do in the movie theater until you mercifully die of boredom sums up this witness' response to the ordeal of sitting through this movie. Read full review
25
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Like a nincompoop version of "The Usual Suspects." Read full review
10
Washington PostRita Kempley
Ought to be the subject of an obituary, not a review. A creepy film noir modeled on Quentin Tarantino's "Reservoir Dogs," it was a stinking stiff on arrival. Read full review
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