Boxing Helena
User Score
6.5 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 4 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4

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  1. GraemeHigginson
    Jul 6, 2012
    6
    Almost at the close of her father's mainstream career before his descent into obscurity, Jennifer Lynch debuted with a picture that seems strangely familiar
  2. Whitneymuse
    Nov 17, 2009
    8
    A movie filled with irony; So, good; I still remember it today.
  3. TonyP
    Jan 28, 2009
    8
    This movie goes places that most filmmakers don't want to go. I'll let you decide whether it's a good or bad thing. It is truly a weird and very memorable film with excellent performances from Fenn and especially Julian Sands.
  4. PatC.
    Jan 12, 2004
    4
    Bad in an audacious sort of way. Convincing portrayal by Sands of the obsessed mind. The story goes on to depict physically what Hollywood has been trying to do to us mentally for decades. And it's not a pretty sight.

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Metascore
26 out of 100

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 14 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 14
  3. Negative: 9 out of 14
  1. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Rita Kempley
    0
    A gruesome tale of obsessive love and mutilation, it's less a work of art, however, than a luridly stylish expression of female self-loathing...A prettied-up snuff movie.
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  2. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    25
    Just awful. But uniquely awful -- awful in a way that might just attract a cult audience. [3 Sept 1993]
  3. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Tom Green
    50
    Even if the script delivered, the film would frankly be overwhelmed by the volume of noteriety that has attended it. [3 Sept 1993]
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