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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 67Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerAustin ChronicleRichard WhittakerThe resolute commitment to finding tiny sparks of hope in a pitch-black cosmos yields its own bitter and oddly warming reward.
- 40VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyNick Cassavetes’ slick adaptation certainly maintains the book’s mix of lurid incident and pontificating pretentiousness — albeit without the kind of intensity that might have made this far-fetched story credible, or the atmospheric style that might’ve pulled it off as a fevered nightmare à la David Lynch instead.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThis exercise in brutal nihilism ultimately proves as empty as the inane philosophy that provides the film its title.
- 38Slant MagazineRoss McIndoeSlant MagazineRoss McIndoeAside from the red stuff, the film is scarcely interested in what’s inside its characters.
- 38RogerEbert.comRobert DanielsRogerEbert.comRobert DanielsThere are, to be sure, moments of shock. But they offer very little awe.
- 33The A.V. ClubLuke Y. ThompsonThe A.V. ClubLuke Y. ThompsonCut God Is A Bullet down to a tight 90 minutes, and it might at least consistently deliver the cheap thrills and nihilistic kick it only occasionally achieves.
- 30The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe misogyny of the movie’s risibly sadistic villains is only one distasteful thread in this sleazy saga of rescue and revenge.
- 30Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleA lumbering Frankenstein’s monster of a B movie.
- 25San Francisco ChronicleBob StraussSan Francisco ChronicleBob StraussA distasteful, overlong slog, but at least the filmmaker appears to have put everything he wanted to up on the screen.