Entertainment
Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: November 13, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
65
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
2
Negative:
3
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
91
IndieWireEric KohnFeb 2, 2015
While Entertainment lacks the focused critique of "The Comedy," it nevertheless offers a fascinating look at the tension between personal aspirations and the harsh realities holding them back. Read full review
91
The PlaylistRodrigo PerezFeb 2, 2015
As warped and sadistic as Entertainment is, its brilliance is in the embrace of humiliation and failure, and the way it forces us to confront and sit with those embarrassing, uneasy feelings. Read full review
90
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisNov 12, 2015
Mr. Alverson jacks up the tension with exquisite restraint. Read full review
88
Slant MagazineChris CabinMar 15, 2015
It conjures a menacing perspective on how the titular occupation hulls out empathy and cultivates a particularly unsettling strain of cynicism. Read full review
80
Village VoiceAmy NicholsonNov 10, 2015
Entertainment is a painful, poetic watch. Read full review
80
VarietyScott FoundasFeb 2, 2015
Take it or leave it, Alverson’s fourth feature is singular stuff, and it reconfirms the director as one of the truly bold voices in the all-too-homogenous U.S. indie film scene. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Nov 11, 2015
It’s a portrait of the comedy tour as odyssey of madness, a plummet into the abyss. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleNov 19, 2015
There's a chic emptiness to Entertainment, undoubtedly, and anti-comedy constructs that may rub the wrong way, but there's also a spiky intelligence at work too, one that engages through the artifice of disengagement and the illusion of "performance." Read full review
63
New York PostKyle SmithNov 13, 2015
Somewhere on the axis where David Lynch, Paul Thomas Anderson and Joey Bishop intersect, a man in a Salvation Army tuxedo wanders the Mojave Desert supplying anti-comedy to every cocktail lounge and prison in his path. This is Entertainment. Read full review
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