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By Tiffany Tchobanian (24) for Film Threat (5,156) on 17 Apr 2018

The Zellner Brothers wanted to create something that pokes fun at the genre and mixes things up in a creative and refreshing way…

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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Variety (12,700) on 11 Apr 2018

Damsel is a comedy of attitude made with the indulgent touch of an art Western…

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By Patrick Gamble (128) for CineVue (2,163) on 01 Apr 2018

Accomplished as the filmmaking is, on a certain level the directors’ good intentions fall flat, resulting in an often clever but fundamentally…

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By Eric Kohn (1,203) for IndieWire (3,631) on 29 Mar 2018

The downside to the Zellners’ uncompromising approach is that they sometimes hold an inspired moment for too long…

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By Sarah Ward (538) for Goethe-Institute Australien Magazine (25) on 19 Mar 2018

A delight that doesn't always get it right, but never needs saving…

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By Jacob Knight (117) for Birth.Movies.Death. (774) on 16 Mar 2018

The Zellners are certainly assembling an oeuvre that's distinctly their own, utterly unafraid to veer off the beaten path to their quirky characters…

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By Natalie Mokry (11) for Austin American-Statesman (501) on 15 Mar 2018

The film overall is a fun tale if you're not a die-hard traditional Western fan…

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By Nick Roddick (15) for London Evening Standard (2,015) on 23 Feb 2018

Damsel manages to import any number of modern notions into a surprisingly traditional western structure, recognising the appeal of the genre…

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By Steve Macfarlane (121) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 20 Feb 2018

It's well established by now that the mythic Old West was always a trope written and controlled by men, and that there's really no bottom to…

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By Gus Edgar (19) for Film Inquiry (1,269) on 20 Feb 2018

Pattinson is committed, a goofy screw-loose role proving his range, but the film's stabs at satire fold back on itself, and its humor is desperately…

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By Stefan Pape (613) for HeyUGuys (1,461) on 20 Feb 2018

Mia Wasikowska and Robert Pattinson are seemingly having a lot of fun on this project, and in turn, so are we…

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By Tim Robey (1,578) for Daily Telegraph (UK) (2,495) on 19 Feb 2018

What kept me smiling right through this overturned odyssey is that the men in it aren’t brave pioneers or scary outlaws or any such thing…

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By A.a. Dowd (854) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 17 Feb 2018

With Damsel, the Zellners have made a kind of artisanal thrift-shop approximation of a Western…

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By Jonathan Romney (434) for Guardian (4,584) on 16 Feb 2018

Damsel doesn’t go quite where we think it will, but then, surprise detours are rather to be expected in this kind of anti-quest story, and…

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By Todd Mccarthy (1,810) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 07 Feb 2018

The writer-directors are so intent on upending expectations and startling the audience that the effort shows far too much and, in the weak…

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By J.r. Kinnard (152) for PopMatters (2,617) on 01 Feb 2018

The Zellner Brothers, David and Nathan, deliver plenty of quirk but little punch in this frontier tale filled with reprobates, rascals, and…

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By Jordan Raup (239) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 27 Jan 2018

There are few films that make one rethink the entire genre that came before it, but with their continually surprising, feminist bent approach,…

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By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 26 Jan 2018

Damsel is a good film, particularly because of its acting and originality, but falls short of greatness…

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By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen International (2,241) on 26 Jan 2018

Throwing darts at genre conventions while honouring what is eternally mythic about the milieu, this comedy-drama draws off-kilter performances…

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By Josh Terry (603) for Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (1) on 25 Jan 2018

The setup is great, but the finish just feels too empty…

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