60
Metascore
11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- Though their quarry eventually appears to be a model of paranoia and prejudice, it's the thrill of the hunt that keeps Resurrect Dead compelling.
- 80Boxoffice MagazineSteve RamosBoxoffice MagazineSteve RamosWhat Foy and his team discover is unbelievable. More importantly, their adventures will prove popular with street art buffs as well as documentary fans.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe film is confoundingly watchable.
- 70Village VoiceVillage VoiceResurrect Dead works splendidly as a threadbare urban mystery, teasing out details and complications without withholding too much information.
- 67The A.V. ClubThe A.V. ClubIt's a ride worth more for its journey than its destination. Resurrect Dead does offer a convincing but anticlimactic "solution" to the Toynbee tiles, but the elements along the way are what make it an engaging film.
- 50Slant MagazineJoseph Jon LanthierSlant MagazineJoseph Jon LanthierThe testimony we hear from suspects' neighbors and similarly curious media underlings feels muted, like a halfhearted repetition.
- Proves too anticlimactic for the audience to maintain interest.
- 40Time OutDavid FearTime OutDavid FearDocumentarian Jon Foy spent a decade following both the phenomenon and those who've tried cracking the code, and while his film offers little in the way of answers, it says volumes about delusional obsessives.
- 40New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanWithout a satisfying resolution, the movie ultimately sheds very little light on its own subject.
- 25New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithThe real mystery is this: Even if you find this guerrilla art project utterly fascinating, why would anyone bother to release an incomplete film about it?