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16 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91The A.V. ClubAdam NaymanThe A.V. ClubAdam NaymanFor all its exquisite theater-of-cruelty viciousness, Fort Tilden is finally a work of empathy about people whose own supplies are running on empty.
- 88Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenIt elegantly evolves from an absurdist comedy into a remarkably wounded and uprooted story of friends who're beginning to tire of their shared social cocoons.
- 75The PlaylistWilliam GossThe PlaylistWilliam GossWhat really sells both the fashionable remove and generational paralysis is the pairing of Elliott and McNulty, as they effortlessly establish a passive-aggressive relationship from the get-go that thrives in a constant state of reliably unreliable codependence.
- 75New York PostSara StewartNew York PostSara StewartThey’re the ditziest, most solipsistic protagonists I’ve seen outside of a Neil LaBute project.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyFort Tilden, the debut feature co-written and directed by Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers, showcases a satirical voice so dyspeptic it’s almost endearing, never letting the abrasive lead characters – or anyone else for that matter – off the hook for their self-absorbed entitlement.
- 70New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinThe movie is broad and mean and for a while very funny, but even when it goes sour — when the world slaps them in the face for their sins — it doesn’t lose its momentum.
- 70Village VoiceChris PackhamVillage VoiceChris PackhamAllie and Harper are basically unlikable, but played with a light touch and just enough distance from their own unthinking cruelty to remain funny.
- 60VarietyAndrew BarkerVarietyAndrew BarkerIts potent sense of place and underlying ideas never compensate for the tiresome millennial musings that constitute most of its runtime.
- 50Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreIt’s like “Girls” with more funky New York locations, but with less sex, and with fewer laughs.