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Who Killed Nancy?
Metascore
35 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 9 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 9
  3. Negative: 4 out of 9
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  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    83
    The film offers evidence that Vicious spent the entire night out cold on barbiturates. It plants resonant doubts.
  2. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    50
    Fails as a detective story, but it does offer an entertaining look at the punk scene in the 1970s.
  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Frank Scheck
    40
    Ultimately, there's not enough material to sustain a feature-length film, and the sloppy editing, cheesy re-enactments and cheap graphics don't exactly make for compelling viewing.
  4. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Joe Neumaier
    40
    The eyewitness testimony of dozens of punk-era survivors and hotel denizens has a disorienting effect, and everyone gets sidetracked, though the colorful anecdotes are priceless.
  5. Empire
    Reviewed by: Philip Wilding
    40
    For an exposé very little is actually revealed, but as a neon-lit trawl through '70s New York, it's worth a look.
  6. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Nick Pinkerton
    30
    An unnecessary retelling of rock's dingiest "legend"--ever get the feeling you've been cheated?
  7. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Jeannette Catsoulis
    30
    An unruly mash-up of terrific anecdotes and terrible teeth, grainy film and garish memories, Who Killed Nancy? cares less about investigating a death than about vindicating an accused killer.
  8. Variety
    Reviewed by: Ronnie Scheib
    30
    Despite the presence of Glen Matlock, Steve Dior and a handful of other punk rockers, plus a slew of oblique eyewitness who lurked around before and after the fact, the documentary soon bogs down in tiresome minutiae.
  9. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: David Fear
    20
    Simply casting doubts isn't the same as making a compelling counterargument-or crafting a coherent film.
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