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11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzFirecrackers is not as casually joyful as its title suggests – but it is absolutely as incendiary.
- 100Original-CinThom ErnstOriginal-CinThom ErnstIt’s rare for a feature debut to be as fully realized and executed as Firecrackers. It’s as if someone forgot to tell director/writer Mozaffari that making your first feature film is a tough go, filled with doubts, indecision and second guessing; her choices never seem obvious yet always feel right.
- 90Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshLos Angeles TimesKatie WalshFirecrackers isn’t just a confident feature debut from Mozaffari, but a daring one, the kind of fast and furious feminine filmmaking that heralds the arrival of several exciting new talents.
- 80Film ThreatAlex SavelievFilm ThreatAlex SavelievFoul-mouthed, unapologetic, visceral, and authentic, Firecrackers also happens to be sharply edited, its narrative complemented by Casey MQ’s gorgeous electronic ambient/drone score.
- 80The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThis is a movie that, like its characters, is more fluent in feelings than in words.
- 80New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinThe actors make the ordinary extraordinary — they give these characters the stature that eludes most superheroes.
- 75Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreThe story may be overly familiar, but the language is slangy and crude, the sex is teen-impulsive and primitive, and the confrontations — on a littered beach, in that school parking lot, in a pool hall — are alarming. Firecrackers is a simple tale told with a raw ferocity and fuse-burning-down dread for the explosions to come.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeNeither over-bleak nor falsely heroic, the movie sensitively observes a short span that, however things work out, is going to be a turning point in their lives.
- 70Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganScreen DailyFionnuala HalliganFor all that it dances on familiar ground, Firecrackers ends on a pleasingly opaque note. It’s attractively shot by Catherine Lutes, and smartly cast with unknowns, making it more than just a calling card for its young writer/director. There’s much to take note of here foom Mozaffari and her all-female crew.
- 63RogerEbert.comTomris LafflyRogerEbert.comTomris LafflyIt’s an all too familiar, almost clichéd tale you’ve heard and seen before, complete with a much-yearned freedom journey to nowhere. But Mozaffari gradually makes this particular doomed excursion her own with a distinct style, even though her plotting choices don’t approach a sense of high-stakes urgency.