Boarding Gate
Metascore
47 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 15 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 15
  3. Negative: 6 out of 15
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  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    33
    This one is just murk.
  2. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: David Edelstein
    30
    Boarding Gate was evidently made quickly and cheaply, and parts of it are fun. It’s too bad there’s no real viewer equivalent--that you can’t WATCH a film quickly and cheaply.
  3. The New Yorker
    Reviewed by: David Denby
    30
    It’s time for this talented man (Assayas) to pull himself together. He may have something serious to say about the brutal impersonality of global capitalism, yet he’s caught somewhere between insight and exploitation.
  4. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Joe Neumaier
    25
    A ridiculous poseur thriller that seems to be made up of the slow moments from Hong Kong action films and Euro-flashy stuff like "Run Lola Run."
  5. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    25
    Draggy and incoherent.
  6. Variety
    Reviewed by: Russell Edwards
    20
    Thrills and drama are left standing on the tarmac in Boarding Gate a limp, sleazy inanity by renowned French critic cum erratic helmer Olivier Assayas.

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User Score
6.2 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 9 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 1
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 1
  3. Negative: 0 out of 1
  1. ScottC.
    8
    I agree it's not for every taste. But Asia Argento is mesmerizing and bizarre. The whole film is deeply atmospheric, sexy, dangerous, and fairly unhinged. Heady and carrying the whiff of depth, but with cheap kicky thrills. I loved it.… Full Review »
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