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Pick a reason to balk at this spot-on, garishly threadbare paean to '80s no-budget sleaze.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
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New York Magazine (Vulture) by David Edelstein
There's something appealing about the movie's unpretentious carnival of carnage, although I could have done without the flamethrower assault on a school bus to raise the stakes.
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Loaded to the gills with thrill-inducing mayhem, Hobo with a Shotgun feels almost tribal in its commitment to violence.
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Two monologues-one in which the Hobo compares himself to a bear, the other a Travis Bickle–like screed delivered to a roomful of increasingly distressed babies-are damn near Shakespearean. It's a shame the performance is contained in a Z-movie patchwork that's a bit too knowingly repugnant.
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The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by Liam Lacey
In its mocking but acutely observed style, Hobo is a well-designed cinematic mess: There are whiplash jump cuts, patches where the sound almost disappears, and the whole thing is projected in a queasy, faded Technicolor.
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Entertainment Weekly by Lisa Schwarzbaum
There's a pomo twist to the whole overeager enterprise, in all its theoretical, film-school charm: Similar to 2010's "Machete," the movie was born from a fake trailer commissioned by Grindhouse directors Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez.
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Quite the most appalling piece of junk I have seen lately, Hobo With a Shotgun just lies there like an autopsy.
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Boxoffice Magazine by Steve Ramos
Hobo is trash cinema through and through and gives fans everything they want from a drive-in throwback. That's something that doesn't happen often.