Big Bad Love
Metascore
49 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 24 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 24
  3. Negative: 4 out of 24
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  1. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    25
    If the point of this umpteenth posttraumatic stress drama is that war is hell, even years after it's over and you're sitting in a movie theater, Big Bad Love makes it.
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  2. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Keith Phipps
    30
    The junk-shop surrealism ultimately gets the better of everyone's good intentions.
  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Michael Atkinson
    30
    Brown's saga, like many before his, makes for snappy prose but a stumblebum of a movie.
  4. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Peter Rainer
    30
    The only reason to check out Big Bad Love is Debra Winger, last seen onscreen in 1995.

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User Score
8.5 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 4 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. BradS.
    9
    This is a movie I can't stop coming back to. It's passionate and poetic - a gem that slipped through the cracks. Big Bad Love is a work of art as much as a movie whcih critics just didin't get.… Full Review »
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