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13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75New York PostSara StewartNew York PostSara StewartOutlaws and Angels isn’t perfect — Murray mumbles into his beard way too much — but Eastwood sure is at ease with a cowboy hat and revolver. Clearly, she’s studied with the best.
- 63Philadelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniPhiladelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniIt seems another member of Clint Eastwood's brood is ready for stardom. Francesca Eastwood, 22, his daughter with actor Frances Fisher, is one of the bright lights in writer-director JT Mollner's otherwise uneven feature debut.
- 60VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyOutlaws & Angels trades in the lurid character psychology and crude ironies of the spaghetti Western — an idiom whose cynical worst-case-scenario view of humanity seems more acceptable to modern audiences than the good-shall-triumph faith of the traditional Hollywood western.
- 50The Film StageJohn FinkThe Film StageJohn FinkNarrative risks aside, Outlaws and Angels takes the easy way out instead of allowing these moments the breathing room they need.
- 50The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloThe A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloThe main problem with Outlaws And Angels, though, is that it lacks either a sense of authenticity or a streak of playfulness to give shape to its relentlessly ugly worldview.
- 40Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayLos Angeles TimesNoel MurrayWhile Mollner elicits some strong performances — especially from Francesca Eastwood as a vengeful farmer’s daughter — Outlaws and Angels can’t overcome its distractingly showy camera moves or its tendency toward scenes that drag on interminably.
- 40The New York TimesDaniel M. GoldThe New York TimesDaniel M. GoldThe sensibility is more grindhouse gore than spaghetti western, perhaps hoping to mine the same vein as Quentin Tarantino’s “The Hateful Eight,” but lacking Mr. Tarantino’s lively dialogue and wicked sense of humor.
- 40Village VoiceApril WolfeVillage VoiceApril WolfeDespite worthy performances from the entire cast, this movie’s a prime example of a director admiring some great movies but only having a cursory, superficial understanding of what it was that made them work.
- 25Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreWorst of all is this 85-minute-story-in-a-two-hour-movie’s lack of urgency.