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2012
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Bellflower
Positive Reviews
54
Negative reviews
16
Average Rating
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1.5
The best thing about Bellflower is the ways it finds to suggest theyre probably right.
Av Club
2.2
The best thing about Bellflower is the ways it finds to suggest theyre probably right.
Av Club
3.8
The effect hes striving fora mash up humming with metaphorcomes across right away, and because it doesnt vary, some viewers may feel that Akomfrah exh ..
Av Club
3.8
Possibly represents the debut of a one of a kind filmmaker, a natural driven by wild energy, like Tarantino.
Rogerebert
4.5
HOW WILL IT PLAY Bellflower unquestionably provides a phenomenal showcase for newcomer Glodell thats all the more impressive given its multi year prod ..
Indie Wire
3.8
HOW WILL IT PLAY Bellflower unquestionably provides a phenomenal showcase for newcomer Glodell thats all the more impressive given its multi year prod ..
Indie Wire
5.0
But not in that bro mance way, Aiden doesnt get jealous, nothing that predictable or familiar will be found in Bellflower.
We Got This Covered
1.5
All three leads are righteously believable (if not all there), and theres no argument surrounding Bellflowers sheer, inexhaustible badassness.
Austin Chronicle
4.5
Everything from the fractured narrative structure about two friends sliding down an emotional rabbit hole to their unhealthy obsession with mechanics ..
4.4
Because I dont do it for fame, I dont even care about being famous actually.
1.9
After a while, Bellflower feels like it cant stop checking itself out in the mirror. Its a pose, not a movie.
4.5
Evan Glodells uncategorizable debut mixes messy romance and ill advised D.I.Y. obsessions into a knotty but compelling vision of pop culture damaged y ..
The Hollywood Reporter
3.5
All three leads are righteously believable (if not all there), and theres no argument surrounding Bellflowers sheer, inexhaustible badassness.
4.1
But its got more great ideas, takes more daring chances, and has more life in it than just about anything youre likely to see all summer.
Paste Magazine
4.0
However messy it may be at certain points, Bellflower is a unique cinematic experience.
E Film Critic
4.0
This frequently dazzling, eccentric portrait of mutually assured destruction is that most delirious of combos: charmingly funny and emotionally terrif ..
3.0
As the guys favorite character from The Road Warrior might say: Too much violence, and too much pain, but there is within it some sort of honorable co ..
Ny Daily News
5.0
A stunning debut for writer/director/actor Evan Glodell. My favorite so far, of 2011.
JoBlo
3.5
An artistic celebration of the extremes in life but, without anything in between, most everyone is reduced to an unrelatable outline.
Screen Rant
2.2
May be arresting, but not necessarily in a pleasant or significant way.
One Guys Opinion
1.5
Writer director actor Evan Glodells testosterone fueled fever dream indie Bellflower impresses less for its screeching take on extended adolescent fur ..
Village Voice
1.9
For all the flair of the narratives later back and forth, Bellflower is hollow in its metaphorical take on a romantic breakup.
Mark Reviews Movies
3.2
Heres an interesting American independent which, while flawed in the storytelling department, exhibits gritty technical flair on a shoestring and a ki ..
2.8
...a solid calling card and, maybe, next time around could wear fewer hats.
3.5
It isnt a believable film, but rather it represents a kind of mythic vision.
Lariat
3.0
This is a movie made for fellow filmmakers, not audiences eager to be engaged or challenged. Its a love letter to itself, a statement of purpose preac ..
Pop Matters
1.5
In Bellflower, Woodrow may have an ideal girl in mind, but hes unable to articulate his vision.
Pop Matters
3.8
Glodell is a filmmaker with a future, if the apocalypse doesnt get in the way.
New York Post
4.5
How much of this is meant to be real Some Any All It doesnt really matter.
Az Central
3.5
Replete with occasional moments of grunge on the lens and other clear indicators of its ultra indie origins, Bellflower is not perfect, its post perfe ..
Movies
3.5
The movie peels back the damage and lays it out in a way thats as fractured and sad as the mess its characters make, like a Judd Apatow dramedy with s ..
Movies
4.5
An agonizingly intense, almost unbearably beautiful first feature from the writer director Evan Glodell.
New Yorker
3.8
Its like the worlds coolest iPhone camera app writ large, and while itd be misleading to make too much of this picture, itd be a shame to make too lit ..
Chicago Tribune
4.2
A turbo charged indictment of male adolescent fantasy and a biting critique of misplaced machismo. A burnt out, bloody, brave debut, Bellflower rides ..
Blogs Indie Wire
3.5
The three main stars keep the action emotionally grounded, even as it spirals downward into increasingly unhinged acts.
Las Vegas Weekly
3.8
The couples tortured relationship incites its own brand of scorched earth emotional expression.
Coles Mithey
3.8
It is infuriating and exhilarating, wonderful and annoying, clich and revolutionary, and with more problems than I can easily count (or recount, for t ..
Movie Freak
2.8
Straddling the madness of Nicolas Refn or Lars von Trier and the low fi production values of Joe Swanberg, Bellflower proves those two things dont nec ..
3.8
College aged but without college, friends find solace in Mad Max and alcohol
Movie Habit
2.5
Bellflower, set on Bellflower Avenue in Los Angeles, presents a boatload of impulsive jerks with violent tendencies, but theres a difference between s ..
Red Eye Chicago
2.5
What they arent are worth our cares, and as the story grows increasingly solemn and bleak, the onslaught of violence isnt necessary so much as shoehor ..
Dustin Put Man
4.5
In a way, I suppose it doesnt really matter whether Glodell has outgrown his own Mad Max obsession or whether Bellflower is a product of that obsessio ..
Ar Kansas Online
2.0
So determined to depict the emptiness within the two main characters, it has become the thing it portrays.
Killer Movie Reviews
3.8
A surprising film all around, not just because of its far out plot twists and distinctive DIY look, but because it illuminates a highly charged part o ..
Scene Stealers
4.4
The beauty of this picture is that its impossible to predict where its going to lead from scene to scene.
Clclt
3.5
It does appear to be the kind of movie people either love or hate. Either way, it gets under your skin.
Jam! Movies
2.5
the movie is so in love with itself that its difficult to say where observation ends and revelry begins
Filmcritic.com
3.8
Its non linear structure leaves that of Blue Valentine in the dust, and its elliptical narrative and unreliable point of view take at least two viewin ..
Boston Phoenix
4.0
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New York Time Out
1.5
How far along you stick with this story, then, will depend on your tolerance for idiotsaka freshly minted adultsbehaving idiotically.
Washington City Paper
3.5
Involving tale of people on the cust of adulthood who get their kicks from firebombing targets while awaiting Armageddon.
Compuserve
4.2
Glodell took incredible risks as a filmmaker, telling a completely unorthodox story in a wholly audacious manner.
Film.com
2.8
Theres a fine line between passion and self indulgence and Bellflower hops back and forth between the two.
Metro Times
1.5
Mr. Glodells sexist, one dimensional depiction of women notwithstanding, he also seems to champion domestic abuse when justified by infidelity.
Critics Notebook
1.5
Bellflower is a small scale film pumped up with big ideas about itself.
Kpbs
4.5
Its warm and beautiful and terrible and scary, full of heart and blood and truly unique.
MSN Movies
4.0
Bellflower is ballsy, unflinching and an absolutely unforgettable experience; and I cant wait to see what Glodell does next as a filmmaker.
Dread Central
1.5
Muddled, overlong, indulgent in uninteresting ways and eventually afraid to go any place provocative, Bellflower has only a cool car and a promise of ..
Bad Ass Digest
1.3
In a cinematic climate where bland compromise is often the rule, Bellflower may be impressive simply for its unapologetic willingness to be so bile ra ..
D Cist
4.4
Bellflower is your typical boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy builds flamethrower equipped car kind of story.
Host Madison
3.0
Instead of focusing on what keeps the film from being great, or sometimes even good, consider what makes this an exciting debut
New York Metro Mix
4.5
An escalating reliance on repetitive glowering jostles and facilely disorienting temporal jolts mars Bellflowers closing stretch, though nothing dulls ..
Mubi
3.8
But when Woodrow meets envelope pushing Millie (a magnetic Jessie Wiseman) and her equally aimless pack, you realize this isnt a joke; its a nihilisti ..
Sign On Sandiego
4.0
Bellflower unfolds in a charged up but emotionally honest hormonal haze. Its the sort of polished, distinctive freshman effort that is told with such ..
Shared Darkness
4.5
A solid vehicle for four new actors. It shows they can hold the screen.
Screen Junkies
1.5
At first appearing youthfully nave, Bellflower would, by films end, be more accurately described as almost hopelessly disenchanted.
Reverse Shot
4.5
The best thing about Knowing is the creepy mood that is sustained throughout and the CGI special effects of one disaster or another.I cant call this m ..
Louis Proyect Word Press
4.0
Glodells debut is undoubtedly an immature work but its such a genuine and energetic achievement that the flaws ultimately dont matter. Bellflower is a ..
Quick Flix
2.5
While it may win over folks with its woozy, dreamlike, visual look ... Bellflower may also disgust others with its nasty, nihilistic narrative.
Indy Week
4.5
I have to come out and say that I really liked Bellflower, but I just need to see it again to fully grasp it. Maybe smarter or less exhausted viewers ..
Hollywood Jesus
3.8
Handmade and helpless, its nevertheless the real deal, an artful blurt of sensitivity and rage.
Feeds Boston
1.5
Girls, be careful how you break up with a guy who owns his own flamethrower.
The Improper Bostonian
3.8
I grudgingly forgive Bellflower, mainly for the vivid way it paints its characters into this baked, wilted world.
Jeffrey Manderson Blog Spo ..
3.5
Should You Keep Missing It Bellflower is the type of movie that doesnt inspire middling reactions.
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