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By Bruce Demara (410) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 29 May 2013

With a wink and a shrug, Sightseers shows us evil in all its banality…

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By Tirdad Derakhshani (358) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 29 May 2013

A brilliant, deliciously wicked, and thoroughly enjoyable road film…

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By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 16 May 2013

It's funny and dark, but it's also unconventionally insightful and full of heart - or at least the hearts that are left beating…

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By Chris Hewitt (2,086) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 15 May 2013

It's the sort of snappy little idea that would probably work better as a short film, but when Wheatley latches onto a concept as big as his…

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By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 15 May 2013

Darkly funny though it is, Sightseers has undercurrents of genuine and very British weirdness...Way down beneath the whimsy is a class rage…

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By Colin Covert (1,936) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 15 May 2013

The best way to appreciate this briskly paced sick joke is to view its multiple fatalities as especially pointed examples of slapstick…

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By Chris Hewitt (St. Paul) (2,277) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 15 May 2013

It's the sort of snappy little idea that would probably work better as a short film, but when Wheatley latches onto a concept as big as his…

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By Avi Offer (997) for NYC Movie Guru (997) on 10 May 2013

Initially funny and imaginative, but increasingly lazy, unfunny and tedious. It would have worked better as a short…

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By Maitland Mcdonagh (2,150) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 09 May 2013

Director Ben Wheatley is capable of simultaneously embracing both the awkward comedy and creeping horror of Chris and Tina's voyage into darkness…

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By Kyle Smith (1,916) for New York Post (6,650) on 08 May 2013

What begins as an alert and witty barbed satire degenerates into a senseless bloodbath in the black comedy Sightseers…

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By Manohla Dargis (1,909) for The New York Times (9,847) on 08 May 2013

Working from a script by Ms. Lowe and Mr. Oram, Mr…

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By James Rocchi (1,075) for The Playlist (3,871) on 08 May 2013

Sightseers homicidal holiday isn't just a pitch-black comedy made with skill, will and brains; it's also another demonstration that Wheatley…

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By Betsy Sharkey (695) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 08 May 2013

It is the almost accidental way Tina and Chris go about going bad that provides Sightseers with its twisted humor and its unexpected charm…

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By Chris Cabin (484) for Film Racket (579) on 08 May 2013

His satirical stab at the traditionally quiet vision of proper England, pointed as much at the monarchy as it is at the Merchant-Ivory generation,…

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By Scott Tobias (1,684) for NPR (1,713) on 08 May 2013

Scrub away the gore and the nastier bits of provocation, and Ben Wheatley's Sightseers belongs squarely in the tradition of British classics…

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By Zachary Wigon (46) for Village Voice (8,525) on 08 May 2013

Sightseers is a jet-black comedy that understands exactly how absurdist it is, and its murders are always played for laughs…

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By Sheila O'malley (474) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 08 May 2013

Director Wheatley has already shown his aptitude for sardonic horror-commentaries, and Sightseers is his best film to date…

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By Ben Kenigsberg (863) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 07 May 2013

The relentless contrast of banality with horror seems to be Wheatley’s signature move, and like his Kill List (2011), Sightseers can claim…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for Blu-ray.com (2,093) on 07 May 2013

Shocking in all the good ways, supported by two fantastic performances from Alice Lowe and Steve Oram...Sightseers is a legitimate doozy…

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By Marshall Fine (1,011) for Hollywood & Fine (854) on 07 May 2013

Like the slow-cooking version of a road comedy, yielding tasty results thanks to the craft and patience of the filmmakers…

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