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Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

The one truly thrilling movie I've seen so far this year.

New York Post Rod Dreher

Breakneck, raucous and thoroughly exhilarating.

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

Offers breathtaking comic-action fantasy….Exhilarating and sharp, it never stops for a second. [9 April 1999, Calendar, p.F-6]

Washington Post Michael O'Sullivan

One of the most exhilarating movies ever made about absolutely nothing.

Washington Post Rita Kempley

The latest furiously paced, perversely entertaining "Pulp Fiction" for puppies.

Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard

John August's script is exciting, witty, original material, and this film's got the talent to match.

TNT RoughCut Christopher Brandon

Manages to present rave youth's on-the-go attitude as well as "Swingers" exposed its hipster culture.

San Francisco Examiner Wesley Morris

A triptych whirling on a Lazy Susan of revolving character perspectives.

New York Daily News Jack Mathews

Darkly hilarious.

The New York Times Elvis Mitchell

He (Liman) creates a film that lives up to the momentum of its title and doesn't really need much more.

Time Richard Corliss

Here is a picture that has wit, a hairpin-turn narrative, high pizazz and ensemble star quality. Ready, set, Go.

TV Guide Ken Fox

A dark and edgy teen comedy that's also one of the most excitingly unpredictable American comedies since "Pulp Fiction."

San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle

A nasty little picture with a lot of wit and impudence.

Chicago Tribune Marc Caro

Ultimately is a fast-moving trip to nowhere. The buzz is enjoyable while it lasts, but don't be surprised by the sour aftertaste.

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

An entertaining, clever black comedy that takes place entirely in Tarantino-land.

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Liam Lacey

Like circus acrobats who bounce up smiling, the characters end up on their feet, and you realize in retrospect that they survived because somebody, finally, stopped to think. A final thought on Go: Go.

Boston Globe Jay Carr

"Pulp Fiction" wannabes don't get much slicker or edgier than Go.

USA Today Susan Wloszczyna

This dark comedy comes off more giddy than gritty.

LA Weekly Manohla Dargis

Entertaining and slight, topical and cannily familiar.

Village Voice J. Hoberman

A showy exercise in nervous grit, Go never strays too far from a sense of itself as stunt.

Salon.com Mary Elizabeth Williams

Liman's buoyant direction is almost enough to make one forgive the film its heavily appropriated plot (including its groaner of a punchline).

Variety Todd McCarthy

An overly calculated concoction that nonetheless delivers a pretty good rush.

Portland Oregonian Shawn Levy

Bounces along magnetically even when the storytelling goes a bit flat.

Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov

Relentless and mercurial, this new outing by "Swingers" director Liman takes off somewhere around Mach 3 and never lets up, leaving you with either a pounding headache or a wicked grin, or perhaps both.

ReelViews James Berardinelli

Fast-paced and often witty, but ultimately vapid.

Film.com Robert Horton

When the writing is good, Go is good, and when the writing is flat, things fall apart.

Newsweek David Ansen

John August's trickily structured script owes an all too obvious debt to "Pulp Fiction," but Liman's film is more like kiddie Tarantino.

Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt

Although some of the acting is strong, the atmosphere is so relentlessly sleazy that many moviegoers will want to go long before the final credits.

The Onion (A.V. Club) Scott Tobias

Escapism of the worst sort, a manipulative exercise in style that preys on the passivity of its characters and its audience. In the end, Go offers little more than the sour, impermanent rush of a pixie stick.