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23 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80VarietyDerek ElleyVarietyDerek ElleyMarvelously involving family saga.
- 70The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottWhat really separates "Midlands" from Leone's desiccated, terse genre work is Mr. Meadows's doting attention to his characters' decency. It gives a demonstrative bittersweetness to a likable but small story.
- 67Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThere are instances when the filmmaker tries for Western iconography and settles for ''Full Monty'' ingratiation.
- 63New York PostMegan LehmannNew York PostMegan LehmannJust Brit filmmaker Shane Meadows having some fun with the conventions of the spaghetti western.
- 60Village VoiceJessica WinterVillage VoiceJessica WinterThere are pages missing from this fable: Meadows reports that his financiers asked him to cut one-quarter of his original script just before production began, and his fondness for long takes sits uneasily beside the apparent gaps in the narrative.
- 58Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerSeattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerIt's an interesting experiment that doesn't quite work.
- It's a compelling and ambitious idea, but one that misfires because of its underwhelming characters and slack storytelling.
- 50L.A. WeeklyElla TaylorL.A. WeeklyElla TaylorA movie saved by great acting.
- 40TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghThe complications are predictable, as is the resolution; what keeps the film from sinking into its own inconsequentiality is the throaty-voiced Henderson, who can make the most preposterous behavior ring absolutely true.
- 38New York Daily NewsJami BernardNew York Daily NewsJami BernardAfter 45 minutes of incomparable boredom, the movie gets slightly better when it stops reaching for cheap yuks and lets the actors do what they do well.