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L.A. Storynew
Richard Kelly's latest is sure to let down fans of Donnie Darko -- and movies in general.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
01-10-2008 |
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'Southland Tales' Wastes an All-Star Castnew
This is perhaps the most self-indulgent film to come down the pike in more than a decade and is likely to be remembered in the same breath as such other costly debacles as Heaven's Gate and Cleopatra.
Pasadena Weekly |
Carl Kozlowski |
11-19-2007 |
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'Southland Diaries': Re-Cut but Not Improvednew
Richard Kelly seems to think that to merely mention Fallujah or global warming -- or to name a bank after Karl Rove -- is the same as actually having an opinion about them, and his all-you-can-eat buffet of cinematic in-references operates on pretty much the same superficial level.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
11-16-2007 |
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The Wasted Landnew
Lethal baby farts have been cut, the better for Richard Kelly's doomsaying Donnie Darko follow-up to emphasize more-familiar threats to our national security -- including Justin Timberlake, Mandy Moore, and Kevin Smith.
Boston Phoenix |
Rob Nelson |
11-15-2007 |
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Southland is a Non-Funny Laff Riotnew
If there was ever a director in dire need of a studio muzzle (as well as arm and leg shackles), it's Richard Kelly.
The Portland Mercury |
Wm. Steven Humphrey |
11-15-2007 |
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Director Richard Kelly's Sophomoric Sophmore Filmnew
Once upon a time, writer-director Kelly gave us the fine and sensitive Donnie Darko, a work that succeeded in building eeriness and foreboding with minimal violence. Not so in Southland Tales.
Willamette Week |
N.P. Thompson |
11-14-2007 |
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'Southland Tales': Dead on the 4th of Julynew
The maker of Donnie Darko goes funnily and frustratingly off the deep end.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Kristian Lin |
11-09-2007 |
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