Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
7 |
...like Project Greenlight played in reverse. |
Chicago Tribune
Robert K. Elder |
7 |
...a riveting chronicle of the making and breaking of a monster ego. |
E!
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7 |
...it's a weirdly compelling, karma-threatening laugh at the expense of someone who got the beatdown he deserved. |
filmcritic.com
Chris Barsanti |
7 |
...good fun for anybody who enjoys watching massive egos self-destruct. |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
7 |
...a brutally funny documentary... |
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh |
6 |
The thin line between self-esteem and hubris is explored in this cautionary tale of aspiring musician and filmmaker Troy Duffy, whose rise and fall were incubated in a poisonous soup of class resentment and megalomaniacal feelings of entitlement. |
Reel
Tim Knight |
7 |
A funny, sad, and disturbing cautionary tale about the perils of instant success... |
Slant Magazine
Ed Gonzalez |
6 |
For anyone who gets a kick out of watching car wrecks, you really can't do much better than this. |
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman |
7 |
Anyone who has ever spent five minutes dreaming about what it might be like to become a famous Hollywood director will experience a heady sense of schadenfreude watching the be-careful-what-you-wish-for-especially-if-you're-a-flaming-a--hole documentary Overnight. |
New York Times
A. O. Scott |
4 |
...the film's objectivity is compromised by an intimation of payback. |
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan |
6 |
...compelling in a train-wreck kind of way. |
LA Weekly
Ernest Hardy |
8 |
...a diabolically enjoyable documentary on unearned self-esteem and classic Hollywood assholery. |
Village Voice
J. Hoberman |
4 |
...grim going. |
Onion AV Club
Nathan Rabin |
8 |
...paints a mesmerizing portrait of a profane, overbearing monster engaged in a drawn-out act of professional suicide. |
Premiere
Kevin Allison |
5 |
...watching a guy who thinks he can do no wrong behave badly for 82 minutes is tiresome. |
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt |
9 |
...a hilarious and harrowing cautionary tale. |
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