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Kill the Poor
Metascore
52 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 7 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
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  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: David Rooney
    70
    Result hovers a little uncertainly between dark comedy and urban drama, but remains compelling thanks to its gritty narrative texture, nervous energy and loose, jumpy structure, which fit well with the DV-shot production's no-frills approach.
  2. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Tasha Robinson
    67
    Taylor makes the most of his tiny budget with creative editing and shooting, though his New York City is anemic, narrow, and underpopulated, and his constant repetition of the same damn 60 seconds of music becomes excruciating.
  3. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    63
    If you know there's so such place as Avenue E in the East Village, or if you've ever taken a bath in your kitchen, this one's for you.
  4. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    50
    Sort of a poor man's "Rent" - minus the music and the AIDS - and much blander than the title would have you expect.
  5. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Benjamin Strong
    50
    Shot on a modest DV budget, Kill the Poor isn't pretty, but it's a balanced look at the dirty politics of gentrification.
  6. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Nathan Lee
    50
    There's potential here for an incendiary riff on gentrification and its discontents, but the result is only lukewarm. While the ensemble is as pungent as its assorted clichés will permit, the cruddy video photography and haphazard organization of plot blunt the wry thrust of the material.
  7. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    42
    As an overwrought, overacted drama, Kill the Poor is negligible.
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