Better Than Something: Jay Reatard
Metascore
65 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
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  1. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Noel Murray
    Feb 29, 2012
    83
    Better Than Something doesn't really try to resolve the mystery of how someone could be simultaneously so productive and destructive.
  2. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Mark Holcomb
    Feb 28, 2012
    70
    Even non-fans will appreciate what a tough act Reatard is to follow, though, and anybody with a shred of respect left for rock 'n' roll will feel loss and anger at his passing.
  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Eddie Cockrell
    Feb 28, 2012
    70
    What elevates the picture above the norm is a series of remarkably candid and eerily prescient interviews.
  4. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Nick Schager
    Feb 27, 2012
    63
    Intimacy doesn't completely give rise to insight in this loving, if largely for-fans-only, posthumous portrait of Memphis-bred punk rocker Jay Reatard.
  5. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Jeannette Catsoulis
    Mar 1, 2012
    50
    The result is a frustratingly superficial look at a smart, driven and sometimes frightened young man who always felt as though he were "racing against time."

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