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2019
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Zeroville
Positive Reviews
6
Negative reviews
18
Average Rating
2.0
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0.6
Franco doesnt understand the difference between satirizing excess and just being excessive.
Rogerebert
3.0
Its the first of many directing choices that dont add up, resulting in a product thats heady at best and scattered at worst.
Common Sense Media
2.0
Regardless, Vikar cant shake the feeling that hes seen her before, either in life or on screen.
Indie Wire
1.5
As with many of Francos projects, it seems to have left the station without a script, with the result that entire segments feel half baked and semi im ..
Variety
1.5
This adaptation of Steve Ericksons rambling novel that celebrated the hold of classic movies on our collective psyche is simply a shapeless mess that ..
Screen Daily
4.5
Franco and screenwriters Paul Felten and Ian Olds have smartly streamlined Ericksons richly imagined story, jettisoning some of the more unwieldy plot ..
The Hollywood Reporter
1.5
Unfortunately the production... seldom rises above being a tedious muddle despite its intriguing, cultural crossroads setting.
1.9
Coming out after Once Upon a Timein Hollywood and The Disaster Artist doesnt help.
Rogers Movie Nation
3.0
Declines most opportunities to become something interesting, more concerned with satisfying Francos ego than examining a riveting story set during a c ..
Blu Ray
3.8
When describing this movie, things like performance dont really enter into it.
Combust Ible Celluloid
2.5
aybe it was too much for the filmmakers. For us, the movie simply is not enough.
Mark Reviews Movies
3.0
Off beat, quirky and confusing. Still it held my interest and made me think about it once I left the theater.
You Tube
1.9
Franco seems to be aiming for comedy, but there are few laughs to be had.
New York Post
4.0
But if you love movies and youre willing to experiment, its an enjoyable trip.
Az Central
2.0
As a director, James Franco isnt doing much interesting beyond using color grading for psychology and atmosphere, done so much that it quickly loses i ..
Flickering Myth
2.0
This doesnt help Vikar, however, who remains a vacuous protagonist.
Flim Threet
2.0
Hollywood Ending: The film isnt as crazy as this sounds a total wash.
Consequence Of Sound
2.0
And hes a generous collaborator, letting Craig Robinson, Will Ferrell, Joey King and Gus Van Sant (!)
Now Toronto
0.5
Thank goodness that prestigious festival doesnt just hand out awards to dangerous, insulting trash.
Lw Lies
2.5
The screen adaptation itself is meant to pay tribute to classic stars and the art of filmmaking, but Zeroville is a eulogy to what could have been. Wh ..
Awards Circuit
2.0
Vikar comes across as an unintentional amalgamation of other movie characters; hes Travis Bickle on a holy mission, cocked and ready for violence, hes ..
Original Cin
1.5
It is a remarkable nonsense with useless pretensions to create restlessness.
El Pais (Spain)
1.5
Francos incomprehensible film offers, at best, little more than a dime store Tarantino knockoff, while at worst it isnt far from the inept self indulg ..
Spectrum Culture
2.5
Unfortunately, while her performance has bite, the film itself doesnt really.
Hollywood News
0.3
Zeroville isnt a satire of Hollywood excess putting an end to one of the most formative eras in cinematic history, nor is it an impactful love story.
The Gate
0.5
Perhaps if I had read the book, Zeroville the film would have made more sense.
Pgh City Paper
2.0
Maybe hes a symbol of a dying era that must be extinguished for good because his lingering is screwing things up like Marlon Brando giving Francis For ..
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