Arkansas - Movie Reviews (2024)

Arkansas Reviews

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M.N. Miller Ready Steady Cut

Clarke Duke’s directorial debut is a southern crime saga that practically drips with a style all its own.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 28, 2022

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Edward Porter Times (UK)

The dialogue is hard-boiled and the cast includes reliable tough talkers: John Malkovich, Vince Vaughn and Michael K Williams.

Full Review | Aug 22, 2022

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Keith Garlington

That balance between a Southern black comedy and a gritty crime thriller is one of the most impressive things about Clark Duke’s entertaining debut.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 19, 2022

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Alix Turner Filmotomy

Arkansas is a blend of affectionate, easy going and satisfying - not something I expected to write regarding a film focusing on American drug-runners.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 9, 2021

Think of it as a Southern-fried drug running, violent yet funny stepbrother of a Cohen Brothers movie. The performances are solid but the movie itself isn't award-winning.

Full Review | Original Score: 5.0 | Nov 25, 2020

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Jonita Davis The Black Cape

Like most dark comedies in the same vein as Fargo, trouble in 'Arkansas' starts with one body and goes downhill until Frog himself has to step in to deal with things. And, no one wants that.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 16, 2020

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John Serba Decider

Arkansas is a try-hard exercise in overly self-aware cleverness.

Full Review | Aug 6, 2020

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Ella Kemp NME (New Musical Express)

Despite the strong cast, Arkansas is mostly just recycled scenarios from better movies that fail to create much of an original impact when strung together.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 21, 2020

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Harry Guerin RTÉ (Ireland)

Sure enough, Arkansas' depiction of the desperate hours and people keeps the interest, even as the shortcomings reveal themselves.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 21, 2020

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Brian Viner Daily Mail (UK)

A real disappointment.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 18, 2020

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David Hughes Empire Magazine

Feeling like a relic from the wave of '90s crime ensembles that followed in Tarantino's wake, Arkansas not only squanders some good talent, it's a tragic waste of a fine book.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 14, 2020

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Ellen E Jones Guardian

As a collection of smart-mouthed southern ne'er-do-wells, Arkansas amuses, but as a showcase for colourful 70s menswear, it excels.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 10, 2020

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Frank Wilkins Reel Reviews

Finds its stride in its offbeat quirkiness featuring a five-act structure that juggles its goofy characters and mixes up criss-crossing timelines in a meandering road trip soup right out of the Joel and Ethan Coen playbook.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5 | Jun 26, 2020

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Michael Wood London Review of Books

Arkansas in many ways feels more like a play or a talk show than a movie, and... it can be very funny when there doesn't seem much to laugh at.

Full Review | Jun 12, 2020

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Witney Seibold Critically Acclaimed Podcast

'Arkansas' is obnoxious, faux-quirky, and too clever by half. It feels like it was lifted directly from the wave of post-'Pulp Fiction' scuzz movies that arose in the late 1990s, but without the wit.

Full Review | May 27, 2020

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Shannon McGrew Nightmarish Conjurings

The best way I can describe this film is it's a Southern-fried thriller by way of Fargo.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | May 18, 2020

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Stephen Silver Splice Today

An atmospheric and at times darkly hilarious Southern crime picture, and one of the better films to arrive in the quarantine era.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 15, 2020

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Don Shanahan 25YL (25 Years Later)

What could have been a menacing mystery ends up being little better than a quirky pickle or two.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | May 13, 2020

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Linda and Al Lerner Movies and Shakers

While Arkansas may have aspired to have some Coen Brothers or Quentin Tarantino-esque flavor, Clark Duke's first outing is an uneven, at times entertaining, and often exasperating, corn-pone crime-drama.

Full Review | May 12, 2020

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Richard Whittaker Austin Chronicle

With its brooding tone of tired inevitability, his Arkansas knows exactly how to find drama and sentiment in what could otherwise just be a dour path to the inevitable.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 12, 2020

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