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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles TimesThis time out Lee looks to bake a touch of twee-ness into the film in the hopes of keeping things light, though more often than not, the film's flourishes come off as Wes Anderson-lite.
- 60Village VoiceVillage VoiceMaking their screen debuts, young Spevack and Weinstein give the film's most natural performances and provide its little bit of warmth, but it seems time to petition Collette, a truly gifted actress, to take a long hiatus from playing bitter single moms.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeAmusing but scattered and unconvincing comedy.
- 50The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenWhatever it intends, Jesus Henry Christ is not especially funny. There are witticisms galore in both the thematically recurrent imagery and the dialogue, but very few qualify as jokes, and any laughter is hard to come by. Willfully zany would be a more apt description.
- 50New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickEven for a surreal black comedy, Jesus Henry Christ requires massive suspension of disbelief.
- 20Time OutNick SchagerTime OutNick SchagerWhy anyone would want to spend time with a foursome whose bathetic misery is, like the overly mannered visuals of writer-director Dennis Lee (Fireflies in the Garden), defined by such insufferable quirkiness is anyone's guess.
- 20New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierIt winds up just being annoying.
- 12Slant MagazineEd GonzalezSlant MagazineEd GonzalezThe title alone invites you to cuss at this smug film, and you may do so the second you catch a whiff of the portentous first shot: a Wes Anderson put-on.