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Metascore
9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottMr. Gout combines a slick, kinetic style with a somber ethical sense. His movie is flashy and entertaining, but also earnestly concerned with the collapse of trust and integrity at every level of society.
- 70New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriNew York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriDays of Grace is strong, brutal, despairing stuff. It’s also somewhat anticlimactic, by design.
- 63Slant MagazineNick PriggeSlant MagazineNick PriggeEventually, the film's impressive array of formal pyrotechnics overwhelms its morals.
- 60The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawIt's a confident, well-made film that ends up in a blind alley of cynicism.
- 60Time Out LondonTrevor JohnstonTime Out LondonTrevor JohnstonGout’s ambition pays off in a climactic flourish. And the assault-and-battery of camera tricks captures Mexico’s head-spinning everyday madness.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungThe Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungThe overwritten script has so many subplots it’s hard to keep the stories straight, especially when the ending throws a truly unexpected twist. But little matter; the exceptional tech work gives the film plenty of energy and excitement.
- 60Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleGout undermines his own spiky, ambitious narrative with all the visual interference, as dazzling as it often is.
- 50Village VoiceSam WeisbergVillage VoiceSam WeisbergMost of this frantic moviemaking is more disorienting than riveting.
- 40Total FilmKevin HarleyTotal FilmKevin HarleyCoherence croaks as Gout dishes enough jump-cuts, whip pans and slo-mo assassinations to make Michael Bay look restrained, but the multi-handed mood music offers meaty compensations.