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13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe Snowtown Murders reminds us that sometimes evil is immediately recognizable, but at other times it comes bearing bacon and beer.
- 80EmpireKim NewmanEmpireKim NewmanTerrific performances, especially from the menacing, lazily charismatic Henshall, and debut director Kurzel's expressionist storytelling make for an Aussie film well worth hunting down. A tough but seriously rewarding watch.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterOnly the truly ghoulish will find any pleasure in Snowtown, Justin Kurzel's well-crafted but hard-to-watch true-crime debut.
- 67The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe sense of enervation that creeps into the movie's second half is bothersome mainly because The Snowtown Murders is often brilliant in its depiction of the mundanity of evil.
- 63Slant MagazineSlant MagazineWhatever one ends up thinking about The Snowtown Murders, it's difficult to deny that it's a deeply impressive work.
- 60Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfCigarettes are sucked hungrily by all involved, old and young, in the trashscape of this depressing Australian crime film - a movie that heaps so much dank atmosphere on its suburbanites, you can't help but sigh with relief when events turn to serial killing (finally?).
- 30Village VoiceVillage VoiceThis slog adds up to nothing other than the shocking truism that average people will do horrible things primarily because someone tells them to.