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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Slant MagazineWilliam RepassSlant MagazineWilliam RepassBrian Pestos’s flair for go-for-broke zaniness transmutes what might otherwise have been a lump of self-indulgent clichés into gold.
- 60Big Gold Brick may be a bit too enamored with its own quirkiness, but everything Garcia does, no matter how outlandish, feels perfectly natural.
- 50We Got This CoveredScott CampbellWe Got This CoveredScott CampbellIt’s either a compliment or a criticism to say that you need to be on the exact same wavelength as Big Gold Brick to get a kick out of it, because if you turn the dial even the tiniest little bit in either direction, all you’re going to end up with is static. If you’re on board, though, then there’s plenty to enjoy about an offbeat adventure that’s unlike anything else you’re likely to see this year.
- 30The New York TimesNicolas RapoldThe New York TimesNicolas RapoldThe title of this perfectly well-appointed production is apt: Big Gold Brick looks all right but it truly just sits there.
- 30VarietyNick SchagerVarietyNick SchagerEverything and everyone lurches about in a desperate bid to be hilariously weird, and the effect is to make the proceedings feel hopelessly strained, as if they know that there’s nothing funny going on and thus must compensate via out-there quirkiness and constant mugging.
- 25Original-CinKaren GordonOriginal-CinKaren GordonNo one sets out to make a bad film, but at over two hours, the shot-in-Toronto Big Gold Brick seems like a bunch of ideas that must have looked good on paper, but just didn’t gel. Both Garcia and Isaac are terrific actors, and charismatic as hell. But neither can bring this listless film to life.
- 25RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyRogerEbert.comGlenn KennyFeature-length failures as abject as this one are almost frightening, in part because one worries about what kind of a snit the director will be working out if/when he gets a second shot.
- 20Screen RantFerdosa AbdiScreen RantFerdosa AbdiThe lingering lesson in all of this is Megan Fox deserves better and Big Gold Brick is a solid turd of a movie.
- 16The PlaylistBrian FarvourThe PlaylistBrian FarvourNo matter how one tries to unpack the curious contents of “Big Gold Brick,” they’ll likely be unable to find much of anything outside of an unintelligible failure.
- 0Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreNo social, psychological or satiric point is made. No laughs are scored. And nobody involved will be slapping this on their “sizzle reel” or resume…save for the writer-director, who may be beloved but who may never ever get to make another movie after this “all-star” debacle.