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24 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliWriter/director Bobcat Goldthwait has an ax to grind and, once he's done grinding it, he uses it to split some skulls. God Bless America is many things - audacious, bitingly satirical, unafraid of venturing into uncomfortable territory - but it is never subtle.
- 75The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe key point about God Bless America is that it's extreme but not exaggerated, a dark comedy that indulges - and questions - a violent, misanthropic fantasy about laying waste to the cultural landscape while staying grounded in a recognizable reality.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeA niche theatrical run might draw fans of Goldthwait's previous work, this effort isn't likely to get as much help from critics as those sometimes did.
- 50VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyWhile it starts out well, Bobcat Goldthwait's black comedy struggles to maintain focus as it turns into a road trip of diminishing rewards in satirical and narrative terms.
- 50Village VoiceNick PinkertonVillage VoiceNick PinkertonThe interplay between Murray and Barr is closely and carefully handled, but when the monotonous squib-popping subsides, the movie is often static and talky, lapsing into criticism-hedging qualifications and anti-everything speechifying.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanBobcat Goldthwait's new movie is a burlesque that turns into a harangue that turns into a rampage.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertHere is a film that begins with merciless comic savagery and descends into merely merciless savagery. But wow, what an opening.
- 40Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfIt's Goldthwait's first misstep, a serious one. He's simply not the filmmaker to mount a fierce takedown of Kardashian culture, thorough though his script's rage is.
- 38Slant MagazineNick SchagerSlant MagazineNick SchagerBy wholeheartedly taking its main character's side instead of complicating or censuring his homicidal vigilante crusade, it proves inanely one-note and preachy.