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The New York Times by A.O. Scott
Mr. Gout combines a slick, kinetic style with a somber ethical sense. His movie is flashy and entertaining, but also earnestly concerned with the collapse of trust and integrity at every level of society.
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New York Magazine (Vulture) by Bilge Ebiri
Days of Grace is strong, brutal, despairing stuff. It’s also somewhat anticlimactic, by design.
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The Hollywood Reporter by Deborah Young
The overwritten script has so many subplots it’s hard to keep the stories straight, especially when the ending throws a truly unexpected twist. But little matter; the exceptional tech work gives the film plenty of energy and excitement.
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Coherence croaks as Gout dishes enough jump-cuts, whip pans and slo-mo assassinations to make Michael Bay look restrained, but the multi-handed mood music offers meaty compensations.
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Eventually, the film's impressive array of formal pyrotechnics overwhelms its morals.
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The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw
It's a confident, well-made film that ends up in a blind alley of cynicism.
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Los Angeles Times by Robert Abele
Gout undermines his own spiky, ambitious narrative with all the visual interference, as dazzling as it often is.
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Most of this frantic moviemaking is more disorienting than riveting.
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Time Out London by Trevor Johnston
Gout’s ambition pays off in a climactic flourish. And the assault-and-battery of camera tricks captures Mexico’s head-spinning everyday madness.