Zeroville
myCinema | Release Date: September 20, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
28
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
4
Negative:
8
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzSep 19, 2019
Clearly, Zeroville is not a film for everyone. But if you love movies and you’re willing to experiment, it’s an enjoyable trip. Read full review
50
Original-CinThom ErnstOct 1, 2019
For all its hallowed movie references, and despite the pride Zeroville takes in its weirdness, it just might be a movie too strange for its good. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Stephen RodrickSep 20, 2019
Zeroville features a lot of fancy cuts, freeze frames and buried imagery because it is, well, about a film editor. It will either make you feel like you’re having an anxiety attack after overindulging at our country’s legalized cannabis buffet or you can roll with it. Either way, please hydrate. Read full review
40
Film ThreatHunter LanierOct 24, 2019
Putting it in the kindest possible terms, the movie could be passed off as an exercise in style. Because of this, it does manage to be watchable. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenSep 19, 2019
The story's final, intended aha moment falls woefully flat, but capping this flawed valentine to artistic independence is a closing-credits nod to Easy Rider, especially poignant so soon after Peter Fonda's death. Read full review
38
New York PostSara StewartSep 20, 2019
It’s clear why this indie was shelved for so long: It’s a mess. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreSep 18, 2019
Whatever its virtues, the film comes together more adroitly than satisfyingly. Think of Zeroville as an artifact, worth looking at as a piece of pre-history that cannot — at present — shed its baggage, and frankly didn’t need that off-screen baggage to be a bust. Read full review
33
ConsequenceScout TafoyaSep 26, 2019
The film isn’t — as crazy as this sounds — a total wash. Read full review
30
VarietyPeter DebrugeSep 20, 2019
Franco has a truly radical streak in him, and considering how poorly the movie functions as a traditional crowdpleaser, he might as well have gone all out and pushed Zeroville to whatever event horizon the deranged project called for. His mistake wasn’t trying to adapt Erickson’s novel at all, but attempting to turn it into a tragic romance between Vikar and Soledad. Read full review
30
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisSep 19, 2019
A raft of marquee names — including Seth Rogen, James Franco and Will Ferrell — can’t save Zeroville, a maddeningly surreal head trip through Hollywood history and movie-fan insanity. Read full review
25
IndieWireDavid EhrlichOct 3, 2019
As a book, Zeroville was a profound and intoxicating testament to the mythic power of images. As a movie, Zeroville is a compelling reminder to spend more time reading. Read full review
12
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoSep 20, 2019
An incoherent blob. Read full review
0
Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenSep 19, 2019
[A] lethargic, hallucinatory mish-mash with matching dialogue that has all the zing of a Wikipedia entry. Read full review
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