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19 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Slant MagazineSteve MacfarlaneSlant MagazineSteve MacfarlaneThe film buzzes with hand-drawn creativity that's precious in both the pop-cultural and material senses.
- 80The GuardianBenjamin LeeThe GuardianBenjamin LeeAt a tight 72 minutes, the film is a quick and dazzling burst of pleasure, pulling together so many opposing visuals, ideas and genres and coming up with something dazzling as a result.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyA sweetly subversive dig at the constricting codes of teen hierarchies, the sheep-like mentality of youth and the failures of the education system.
- 80Village VoiceSherilyn ConnellyVillage VoiceSherilyn ConnellySinking Into the Sea is fun, but an hour of just Rudolph and Watts in the recording studio would be no less buoyant.
- 75The Film StageJohn FinkThe Film StageJohn FinkWriter/director Dash Shaw’s hand-drawn picture is fun and slight without overstaying its welcome. It never runs out of energy and is constantly in a state of innovation and surprise.
- 75The A.V. ClubA.A. DowdThe A.V. ClubA.A. DowdThis handmade approach is a big part of the film’s DIY charm. It’s also a perfect match for the story, which seems to have been pulled, too, from the messy locker of teen-boy imagination.
- 70Screen DailyTim GriersonScreen DailyTim GriersonMy Entire High School Sinking Into The Sea is slight and uneven, but its quirky, handmade aesthetic nicely conveys its characters’ adolescent vulnerability and restless spirit.
- 67The PlaylistJordan RuimyThe PlaylistJordan RuimyWildly bizarre and imaginatively alluring, if not occasionally slight, the animated movie, My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea, is an engaging surrealist take on the disaster movie.
- 40VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen GleibermanMy Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea feels like a first draft, the one that needed to be written before the second draft added flesh and blood.