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Richard Kelly's latest is sure to let down fans of Donnie Darko -- and movies in general.
Tucson Weekly  |  James DiGiovanna  |  01-10-2008  |  Reviews

'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  |  Reviews

'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  |  Reviews

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  |  Reviews

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  |  Reviews

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  |  Reviews

'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  |  Reviews

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