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Metascore
23 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment WeeklyHis film is an essential, fascinating critique—and product—of our ''look at me'' culture.
- 90The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyAn extraordinary and quietly disturbing film.
- 70Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenLos Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenA curious documentary by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Marshall Curry that makes interesting observations about contemporary thrill seekers.
- The more straightforward Point And Shoot seems, the more slippery it becomes.
- 60New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanA compelling account of an ordinary guy who transformed himself through extraordinary circumstance.
- 60The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen Holden[An] incisive, queasy-making documentary.
- 50Slant MagazineClayton DillardSlant MagazineClayton DillardIn abandoning a more vigorous discussion of class and race-based senses of entitlement, Marshall Curry reveals his goals to be less critical or rigid than passively honorific.
- 40Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlVillage VoiceAlan ScherstuhlMatthew VanDyke, Point and Shoot's hero/subject, can't forget the mediated, imitative nature of his adventures even when he has dedicated himself to a grand cause.
- 38RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsRogerEbert.comSimon AbramsPoint and Shoot consequently feels like a film made by a storyteller — not a journalist — who doesn't know he can ask follow-up questions.