Zero Charisma
Tribeca Film | Release Date: October 11, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
63
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
3
Negative:
2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
91
IndieWireEric KohnOct 9, 2013
Directors Katie Graham and Andrew Matthews' directorial debut (from Matthews' screenplay) centers on a highly unlikable character who has alienated himself from social responsibility -- and forces you to sympathize with him against all odds. Read full review
90
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlOct 8, 2013
The comic scenes arc into bleakness, and the bleak ones often collapse back into comedy. Read full review
90
Film.comJordan HoffmanSep 23, 2013
Directors Katie Graham and Andrew Matthews create a great framework for the epic nemesis battle, but also know when to pull back to keep the movie grounded in reality. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Oct 10, 2013
That it never quite sinks into caricature is thanks to the imposing presence in the lead. Refusing to fish for sympathy, even as his character circles the drain, Eidson delivers a complex, bravely off-putting performance. Read full review
70
VarietyPeter DebrugeSep 23, 2013
Affectionately captures the tail end of a culture in which specialized dice, character sheets and hand-painted figurines were the gateway to elaborate flights of imagination. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzOct 11, 2013
Zero Charisma is a movie about emotionally inert people who labor mightily to change their lives in small ways, and whose efforts at self-improvement are thwarted by emotional feedback loops that cause them to make the same mistakes over and over. If it were possible to roll your way out of real world crises, these guys would do just fine, but there are no saving throws in life. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeSep 23, 2013
Sam Eidson is perfect for the lead role, but that doesn't exactly guarantee the fanboy crowd will embrace the film. Read full review
50
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisOct 10, 2013
Has plenty of humor but no satirical bite. Read full review
50
The DissolveScott TobiasOct 8, 2013
Zero Charisma is a comedy by classification, but its cruelties have a way of turning it into a psychodrama inadvertently. The tone is often as abrasive as its hero. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineBill WeberOct 7, 2013
It's a pity that it hews to sitcom-like formula rather than using this bank of knowledge and sympathy to create something more original. Read full review
25
The PlaylistGabe ToroOct 11, 2013
It’s an ugly, unpleasant viewing experience, one that sees geek culture as a hateful cesspool of exclusion and juvenility, miserable to experience first-hand. Read full review
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