Though she's following in the footsteps of many an exploitation movie heroine before her, Kravitz carries it well.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Though she's following in the footsteps of many an exploitation movie heroine before her, Kravitz carries it well.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A loving and gently funny take on one of the defining moments of America’s counter-culture era.

~ Jeff Robson -

A loving and gently funny take on one of the defining moments of America’s counter-culture era.

~ Jeff Robson -

The best actors are capable of salvaging something even in the worst situations.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The best actors are capable of salvaging something even in the worst situations.

~ Jennie Kermode -

As the shiny roadsters perform death defying stunts to get to the chequered flag, I defy the greenest carphobe not to feel their pulse racing.

~ Jeff Robson -

As the shiny roadsters perform death defying stunts to get to the chequered flag, I defy the greenest carphobe not to feel their pulse racing.

~ Jeff Robson -

The end result is a kind of funny/kind of sad character study that asks questions about our relationships with others and our environment.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The end result is a kind of funny/kind of sad character study that asks questions about our relationships with others and our environment.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Hirsch, who is nothing if not prolific, hasn’t had great luck with his recent roles, but dominates most of this film and gets to remind us what he’s capable of.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Hirsch, who is nothing if not prolific, hasn’t had great luck with his recent roles, but dominates most of this film and gets to remind us what he’s capable of.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Tarantino's on good form but there are moments in the middle of the 165-minute marathon where it flags before mustering for its finale.

~ Richard Mowe -

Tarantino's on good form but there are moments in the middle of the 165-minute marathon where it flags before mustering for its finale.

~ Richard Mowe -

In one of the finest performances of his career, Sean Penn is understated to convey finer feeling, yet passionate on the soap box to an inspirational degree.

~ Chris -

In one of the finest performances of his career, Sean Penn is understated to convey finer feeling, yet passionate on the soap box to an inspirational degree.

~ Chris -

The narrative pushes along at a reasonable pace... but only really picks up when the boys start becoming famous, which makes and breaks their future careers.

~ David Stanners -

The narrative pushes along at a reasonable pace... but only really picks up when the boys start becoming famous, which makes and breaks their future careers.

~ David Stanners -

One of the dullest films about war ever made.

~ Jennie Kermode -

One of the dullest films about war ever made.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Friedkin has fun seeing how far he can push the envelope with swift, bloody violence and frequent full-frontal female nudity.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Friedkin has fun seeing how far he can push the envelope with swift, bloody violence and frequent full-frontal female nudity.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Struggles with pacing.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Struggles with pacing.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Penn’s camera loves the landscape and captures its immensity.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Penn’s camera loves the landscape and captures its immensity.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film's confused attitude towards pornography is one of the things that lets it down.

~ David Haviland -

The film's confused attitude towards pornography is one of the things that lets it down.

~ David Haviland -

On a whole different level from most films of its ilk.

~ Jennie Kermode -

On a whole different level from most films of its ilk.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Walpoth knows how to handle action, and there’s plenty of it here, up close and messy, characters improvising in ways that tend to test stunt teams much more than smooth martial arts moves.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Walpoth knows how to handle action, and there’s plenty of it here, up close and messy, characters improvising in ways that tend to test stunt teams much more than smooth martial arts moves.

~ Jennie Kermode -

I'm surprised that there wasn't a tech on set who could have told people how electricity works.

~ Donald Munro -

I'm surprised that there wasn't a tech on set who could have told people how electricity works.

~ Donald Munro -

Øvredal takes a handful of old tricks - a cheery song playing unexpectedly, lights blinking out in a corridor one by one, the tinkling of a bell - and uses them to chilling effect. The result is a film you really won't want to watch alone.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Øvredal takes a handful of old tricks - a cheery song playing unexpectedly, lights blinking out in a corridor one by one, the tinkling of a bell - and uses them to chilling effect. The result is a film you really won't want to watch alone.

~ Jennie Kermode -

As the plots begin to coalesce everything becomes far too overwrought.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

As the plots begin to coalesce everything becomes far too overwrought.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Cassavetes could easily have made all this into a dead serious finger-wagging morality tale of wasted youth. Fortunately, he realises the potential for jet-black comedy.

~ Jeff Robson -

Cassavetes could easily have made all this into a dead serious finger-wagging morality tale of wasted youth. Fortunately, he realises the potential for jet-black comedy.

~ Jeff Robson -