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(1 - 24) of 24 OFCS Rating: 50% Rotten Page   1   "No doubt some will dismiss it as an overlong, incoherent mess, but others (myself included) will emerge, bleary-eyed and brain-battered, just wanting to see the whole thing all over again."   musicOMH.com   Anton Bitel A- "A gonzo, unsettling, semi-coherent, barnstorming near-masterpiece that had me glued to my seat in anticipation of witnessing how far this multi-dimensional funhouse of madness could go."   eFilmCritic.com   Brian Orndorf "Ultimately no more than an agglomeration of such high-caloric, giddy treats."   Film Journal International   Chris Barsanti 4.5/5 "There are so many ideas sliding into Kelly's swirling vortex of pop culture overload and apocalyptic forecasting that it's understandable not to find coherence in it."   Filmcritic.com   Chris Cabin F "...the lowest movie of the last nine years. There's political satire ostensibly buried somewhere in Kelly's muddy cinematic slop, but you'll never be able to stain it out. Blech!"   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey 7/10 "The very incoherence of Southland Tales is something like an argument, its many pieces and pronouncements a deconstructive challenge to world order."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 3/4 "In a world of mediocre, formulaic fare that is like everything else that has come before it, Southland Tales stands invigoratingly apart from the crowd. It's ballsy, fascinatingly different and thoroughly commendable."   DustinPutman.com   Dustin Putman 1.5/4 "If Donnie Darko was Kelly's Eraserhead, then maybe Southland Tales is his Dune, an unfortunate folly before a more substantial, velveteen Blue period."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez D "Somewhere beneath all the layers of idiocy are some good ideas -- if only Kelly knew how to express them."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 1/4 "Sets up such a pretense of intellectualism it fools its audience into believing it's on a plain they can't understand..."   Cinema Crazed   Felix Vasquez Jr. "Has the galvanic pulse of a filmmaker trying things out, failing, and trying again"   CinePassion   Fernando F. Croce F "Incoherent bluster that's meant to be as much a satirical take on the post-9/11 world as Dr. Strangelove was on the Cold War era, but fails miserably in every respect."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek C- "If Mulholland Drive had a prettier, younger, and developmentally-challenged sister, it would be Southland Tales."   Modern Fabulousity   Gabriel Shanks A- "The hitherto rowdiest and most lyrical expression of post-9/11 and Iraq War anxiety."   Cinepinion   Henry Stewart 3/10 "Kelly seemed to have a lot on his mind when he assembled this movie, and it looks as if he put it together thinking it would be his last."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Jeffrey Chen 2/5 "entirely misdirected, and the film never gels or even makes sense"   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr 3/4 "Southland Tales delivers equal parts overwrought tedium and mind-bending beauty, spiked with brilliant throwaway images that more than make up for Kelly's heavy-handed hot-button pretensions."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh 1/4 "The type of incoherent, indulgent muddle that can only emerge from the mind of someone who is quite talented."   TheMovieReport.com   Michael Dequina "There's barely a trace of substance to Kelly's fiasco, nor anything like a so-bad-it's-good vibe."   Cinematical   Nick Schager 5/5 "Kelly has unquestionably given us a bold and challenging work that is alive and kicking in every frame."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 3.5/5 "There's enough happening here to fuel an entire TV series, with melodramatic excesses, wild mood swings and sitcom-style slapstick."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline 5/5 "The brilliance of Southland Tales is inextricable from its flaws, if indeed they are flaws."   eFilmCritic.com   Rob Gonsalves 5/10 "Fun graphics, beautiful photography and great special effects will not save this tedious and self-absorbed epic from a direct trip to the DVD bin. The horse is beaten to death and even the bottled energy can't bring it back."   Monsters and Critics   Ron Wilkinson 0.5/4 "It's the sort of experience you feel embarrassed about even though you had nothing to do with it, because it's not just a mess, it's a pretentious mess"   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw  (1 - 24) of 24 OFCS Rating: 50% Rotten Page   1