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33 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIf you are squeamish, here is the film to make you squeam.
- 100New York PostHannah BrownNew York PostHannah BrownIt's like watching Alfred Hitchcock try to solve a Rubik's cube in a roadside diner.
- 90Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonI love the movie's originality, its sense of macabre humor, its resourcefulness, and the great Walsh, whose memorable narration kicks off the movie.
- 90Washington PostStephen HunterWashington PostStephen HunterI love the unsettling details.
- 88Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanCharlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman(The Coens have) never again achieved the one-two punch of Blood Simple and "Raising Arizona" - the first darkly cynical, the second light-headedly comical.
- 88San Francisco ExaminerWesley MorrisSan Francisco ExaminerWesley MorrisIt's the boys' most immediately gratifying movie: The goods are delivered in a hearse.
- 80Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanBoldly facetious and monstrously clever.
- 70Film.comErnest HardyFilm.comErnest HardyAll these years later, the film is far more infuriating than it is exciting.
- 63Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyPhiladelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyIt is an exploitation picture disguised as a hipster comedy.
- 50L.A. WeeklyManohla DargisL.A. WeeklyManohla DargisOn viewing, the cuts seem negligible, but what is new and clearly improved is the sound, which now booms with each door slam and gunshot.