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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 09 May 2012

It's a little too obvious -- interesting, sometimes kind of fun but, ultimately, not as satisfying as it might have been…

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By Christy Lemire (1,262) for Associated Press (1,685) on 09 May 2012

God Bless America has a whole lotta Taxi Driver in it, and some Network, and some Heathers (with Barr functioning as Christian Slater in the…

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By Sean O'connell (919) for CinemaBlend (829) on 09 May 2012

Goldthwait aims at a lot of easy targets…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Tribune News Service (1,102) on 09 May 2012

Broad, mean, with inconsistent political aims and uneven performances…

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By Scott Tobias (1,684) for AV Club (2,778) on 09 May 2012

The key point about God Bless America is that it's extreme but not exaggerated, a dark comedy that indulges - and questions - a violent, misanthropic…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 09 May 2012

Here is a film that begins with merciless comic savagery and descends into merely merciless savagery. But wow, what an opening…

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By J.r. Jones (1,066) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 09 May 2012

As with the earlier movie, this one turns in on its own morality like a Möbius strip, endorsing kindness by practicing slaughter, and pulls…

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By Dustin Putman (2,479) for TheFilmFile.com (2,314) on 08 May 2012

Who might have guessed that a mid-range comic whose heyday was in the late-'80s/early-'90s would turn out to have such a sharp, merciless vision…

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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 08 May 2012

Bobcat Goldthwait's new movie is a burlesque that turns into a harangue that turns into a rampage…

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By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 08 May 2012

[It] turns in on its own morality like a Möbius strip, endorsing kindness by practicing slaughter, and pulls us along for the ride…

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By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 08 May 2012

Murray's sad sacked decency and Barr's profane enthusiasm ricochet off each other in delightful and complex ways and their performances may…

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By Nick Pinkerton (448) for Village Voice (8,525) on 07 May 2012

The interplay between Murray and Barr is closely and carefully handled, but when the monotonous squib-popping subsides, the movie is often…

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By Joshua Rothkopf (1,058) for Time Out (7,510) on 07 May 2012

It's Goldthwait's first misstep, a serious one…

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By John Defore (1,351) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 07 May 2012

A niche theatrical run might draw fans of Goldthwait's previous work, this effort isn't likely to get as much help from critics as those sometimes…

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By Nick Schager (2,294) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 06 May 2012

By wholeheartedly taking its main character's side instead of complicating or censuring his homicidal vigilante crusade, it proves inanely…

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By Marshall Fine (1,011) for Hollywood & Fine (854) on 06 May 2012

Viciously funny; takes no prisoners as it spray-paints Goldthwait's disdain across a brutal depiction of a pop-culture landscape that deserves…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 06 May 2012

Writer/director Bobcat Goldthwait has an ax to grind and, once he's done grinding it, he uses it to split some skulls…

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By Rob Gonsalves (1,031) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 29 Apr 2012

It isn't a bad movie, but it's a step back from the more daring material Goldthwait's been doing…

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By Robin Clifford (1,670) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 26 Apr 2012

The violence is abrupt, bloody and...funny…

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By Ethan Alter (997) for Television Without Pity (337) on 19 Apr 2012

If the movie doesn't hang together as a whole piece, there are a number of individual scenes that are strikingly on-point in their mixture…

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