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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayIf The Catechism Cataclysm does have something to say, it's that it's possible to enjoy a trip even when it isn't really going anywhere.
- A lot of the fun in The Catechism Cataclysm, a horror-comic head trip from the writer-director Todd Rohal ("The Guatemalan Handshake"), comes in the form of silly, strange line deliveries: nonsense songs in strained falsetto, crisply over-articulated cuss words, syllables distended into schoolyard taunts.
- 50Slant MagazineSimon AbramsSlant MagazineSimon AbramsThe film is an 80-minute shaggy-dog story about the seductive power of storytelling and the weird places it can transport us; too bad writer- director Todd Rohal doesn't take us any place worth going.
- 40Time OutDavid FearTime OutDavid FearSo it's no surprise that what starts out as a beer-soaked cringe comedy about stunted masculinity ends up deep in the woods with noise-loving Japanese tourists and exploding craniums - or that such detours into psychotronic oddity for its own sake can make even a 75-minute running time feel like an eternity.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterJames GreenbergThe Hollywood ReporterJames GreenbergNot so much blasphemous as just outrageous for the hell of it.
- 30VarietyRob NelsonVarietyRob NelsonIn the curious absence of religious satire, toilet humor isn't enough to constitute comedy, while the leads' grating performances make 81 minutes feel eternal.
- 30Village VoiceNick SchagerVillage VoiceNick SchagerTaking the notion of toilet humor literally but incapable of delivering its promised religious satire, The Catechism Cataclysm is more muddled than its tongue-twister title.
- 30Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinA grating and witless would-be spoof of religion, male-bonding and, it seems, horror movies.