33
Metascore
6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 42The PlaylistGary GarrisonThe PlaylistGary GarrisonThe critical failure of 37 — because certainly a film is allowed to have disdain for its characters; there is no law that art must care for its subjects — is the fundamental lack of narrative, or even of tension.
- 40Village VoiceAbby GarnettVillage VoiceAbby GarnettFor all its postures of humanism, the film is remarkably cold toward the victim herself, who appears only briefly.
- 40Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenLos Angeles TimesSheri LindenA drama that plays out as an overdetermined thesis, with Genovese herself (Christina Brucato) a footnote to the darkly stylized plunge into lives of quiet desperation.
- 40The New York TimesAndy WebsterThe New York TimesAndy WebsterIt is a competent if sometimes heavy-handed affair, a mosaic of fictitious and underexplored characters who hear the assault but are too self-preoccupied to act.
- 38Slant MagazineClayton DillardSlant MagazineClayton DillardThere's a fundamental lack of dramatic exigency in writer-director Puk Grasten's storytelling.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckIt's hard to imagine a dull film based on the infamous Kitty Genovese murder, but Danish filmmaker Puk Grasten's fictional take on the horrific, real-life crime manages the dubious accomplishment.