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13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzArizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzClearly, Zeroville is not a film for everyone. But if you love movies and you’re willing to experiment, it’s an enjoyable trip.
- Zeroville features a lot of fancy cuts, freeze frames and buried imagery because it is, well, about a film editor. It will either make you feel like you’re having an anxiety attack after overindulging at our country’s legalized cannabis buffet or you can roll with it. Either way, please hydrate.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe story's final, intended aha moment falls woefully flat, but capping this flawed valentine to artistic independence is a closing-credits nod to Easy Rider, especially poignant so soon after Peter Fonda's death.
- 38Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreWhatever its virtues, the film comes together more adroitly than satisfyingly. Think of Zeroville as an artifact, worth looking at as a piece of pre-history that cannot — at present — shed its baggage, and frankly didn’t need that off-screen baggage to be a bust.
- 38New York PostSara StewartNew York PostSara StewartIt’s clear why this indie was shelved for so long: It’s a mess.
- 33ConsequenceScout TafoyaConsequenceScout TafoyaThe film isn’t — as crazy as this sounds — a total wash.
- 30The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisA raft of marquee names — including Seth Rogen, James Franco and Will Ferrell — can’t save Zeroville, a maddeningly surreal head trip through Hollywood history and movie-fan insanity.
- 30VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeFranco has a truly radical streak in him, and considering how poorly the movie functions as a traditional crowdpleaser, he might as well have gone all out and pushed Zeroville to whatever event horizon the deranged project called for. His mistake wasn’t trying to adapt Erickson’s novel at all, but attempting to turn it into a tragic romance between Vikar and Soledad.
- 12RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoRogerEbert.comBrian TallericoAn incoherent blob.
- 0Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenLos Angeles TimesMichael Rechtshaffen[A] lethargic, hallucinatory mish-mash with matching dialogue that has all the zing of a Wikipedia entry.