Review of Holy Rollers (2010) by Brandon E — 19 Nov 2010

Pretty good, Eisenburg brings a great performance but the story falls flat at times.

This review of Holy Rollers (2010) was written by Brandon E on 19 Nov 2010.

Holy Rollers has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Andy S (1,590) on 06 Apr 2012

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By Ollie W (539) on 26 Oct 2011

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The screenplay, by Antonio Macia, is earnest and unsurprising--not a good combination--and neither the director nor the star quite knows what…

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By Mo A (26) on 16 Jul 2011

An interesting true story but it kind of lacked the excitement for a crime story and it's a rather sleepy crime drama as someone has already…

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By Jason Solomons (101) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 09 Jul 2011

It's a surprisingly cool little film, not funny at all but rather seriously torn between the secular and the sacred, a conflict Eisenberg expresses…

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By Louis P (114) on 19 Jul 2011

I search for this movie and it freezes my tablet, wtf…

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By Scott G (1,078) on 09 Jul 2011

A film that tells its story well and a film very much through its charactor played by eisenberg a film about jewish guilt and prospects…

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