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25 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Film ThreatFilm ThreatDowney Jr. and LaBeouf as Dito as well as Chazz Palminteri as Monty are outstanding. Channing Tatum (who I've never heard of) is also amazing as the tortured soul Antonio.
- 83Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThis gallantly imperfect indie pops with attitude.
- 80L.A. WeeklyScott FoundasL.A. WeeklyScott FoundasIt's forceful and alive and spilling over with crazy poetry.
- 80The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. Scotthough the picture is wrenching, at times devastating, it leaves you with that buoyant feeling of having encountered a raw, authentic work of art.
- 75ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliMost viewers will discover this picture - and it is worth discovering - when it is released on DVD.
- 63PremiereGlenn KennyPremiereGlenn KennyFor my money, if I'm in the mood for the kind of aesthetic and emotional experience Saints is selling, I'll just blast Jim Carroll's more concise (and rocking!) "People Who Died" out of my iPod.
- 60VarietyRobert KoehlerVarietyRobert KoehlerWriter-director Montiel creates a movie of many parts that don't always congeal. Mix this with the many meaty scenes and a roster of often exceptional actors and the effect is one of a fabulous acting showcase more than a wholly finished work.
- 60Village VoiceVillage VoiceWhatever the first-time filmmaker lacks in subtlety and finesse--not even the snow-white Sundance Screenwriters Lab could bleach Montiel's script of its corner-deli grit--he recoups by other, more playfully attitudinal means.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterAfter a while, the crudeness and venality of the central characters proves as stifling as the incessant Queens summer heat does to our dubious protagonists.
- 50SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirI suspect this guy can make a good movie if he learns the right lessons; he's made about half of one here. But the praise heaped upon A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints is way too much, way too soon.