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24 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Dallas ObserverAndy KleinDallas ObserverAndy KleinIts tone has elements of Jim Jarmusch and the Coen brothers but without Jarmusch's self-conscious artiness or the Coens' hip snottiness.
- 83Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment WeeklyThe title refers to cheap fireworks that fizz before they flame out quietly, and that's what three Southwestern slackers do in this amiable heist movie-cum-road flick.
- 75USA TodayMike ClarkUSA TodayMike ClarkRocket flies with comic-kaze crooks. [21 February 1996, p. D6]
- 70Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonA hilarious, inventive and goofy breath of fresh air.
- 70Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumFresh, character driven, often funny, and unfashionably upbeat (as well as offbeat).
- 70The New YorkerThe New YorkerMeanders pleasantly, like a road movie, with a seventies-style, anything-goes offhandedness that whisks the audience through the rough spots.
- This lightweight road picture about a group of inept thieves has an uneven beginning but ends up charming and satisfying.
- 50Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenBottle Rocket's minimalist pop has a refreshing flavor but insufficient bubbles for a long, cool drink. Maybe someone ought to think about culling this thing down into a sustainable short film.
- 25San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleThe film itself is wretched. A grueling, numbing black hole.
- 12San Francisco ExaminerSan Francisco ExaminerSeveral times during this film, you wish you were a bottle rocket so you could explode out of your seat and leave this tedious mess behind.