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Horror drama about an actress in a werewolf film who connects with her director while her boyfriend spirals into a dangerous depression. Cast:Kate Lyn Sheil, Ti West, Amy Seimetz, Joe Swanberg, Jane Adams, Larry FessendenDirector:Joe SwanbergRelease Date:October 28, 2011DVD Release: TBD From:Factory 25Length:1 hr 10 min
Silver Bullets played in New York City to mixed reviews. • Mark Holcomb wrote in the Village Voice, "...the most affecting 'horror' movie I've seen in a while, as Swanberg ignores tired supernatural scare-flick trappings and locates terror in the shadowy, passive-aggressive process of making, and watching, movies." • And Neil Young wrote in the Hollywood Reporter, "A tedious double-whammy of scrappy, mid-length, no-budget indie movies..." More Reviews Below...
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (3 Reviews)
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: FAIR "So much for the plot, which, as expected, advances primarily through beer drinking, clothes shucking and aimless chatting.... the film neither pleases the eye nor stimulates the mind."(See all of Jeannette Catsoulis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 279 words, 10/28/11
Mark Holcomb, Village Voice: EXCELLENT "...the most affecting 'horror' movie I've seen in a while, as Swanberg ignores tired supernatural scare-flick trappings and locates terror in the shadowy, passive-aggressive process of making, and watching, movies."(See all of Mark Holcomb's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 276 words, 10/26/11
Karina Longworth, LA Weekly: EXCELLENT "...a frankly self-critical horror story about the predatory instinct that goes into filmmaking, and the madness it produces.... the best movie-movie of Swanberg's career... his most genuinely provocative."(See all of Karina Longworth's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 271 words, 11/03/11
KEY CITIES (0 Reviews)
Silver Bullets has not been reviewed in Key Cities
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (4 Reviews)
Mark Holcomb, Village Voice: EXCELLENT "...the most affecting 'horror' movie I've seen in a while, as Swanberg ignores tired supernatural scare-flick trappings and locates terror in the shadowy, passive-aggressive process of making, and watching, movies."(See all of Mark Holcomb's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 276 words, 10/26/11
Karina Longworth, LA Weekly: EXCELLENT "...a frankly self-critical horror story about the predatory instinct that goes into filmmaking, and the madness it produces.... the best movie-movie of Swanberg's career... his most genuinely provocative."(See all of Karina Longworth's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 271 words, 11/03/11
Alison Willmore, AV Club: EXCELLENT(cg) "...a significant step forward for Joe Swanberg, a filmmaker best known for chronicling the romantic misadventures of futon-owning twentysomethings."(See all of Alison Willmore's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 431 words, 10/27/11
Jaime N. Christley, Slant: OUTSTANDING(cg) "Swanberg's gaze is inward-looking, but also 'looking at looking at,' and while no one would surmise that he has ambitions of Altman-esque, multi-strand character tapestries, the satellites which orbit his main character are shrewdly constructed..."(See all of Jaime N. Christley's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 1,102 words, 10/26/11
HIGHBROW PRESS (1 Review)
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: FAIR "So much for the plot, which, as expected, advances primarily through beer drinking, clothes shucking and aimless chatting.... the film neither pleases the eye nor stimulates the mind."(See all of Jeannette Catsoulis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 279 words, 10/28/11
MOVIE INDUSTRY (3 Reviews)
Jay Weissberg, Daily Variety: FAIR "...probably contains Swanberg's clearest exposition of his philosophy, yet its sad aimlessness, from the mouth of an unhappy director (played by the helmer), elicits only a begrudging pity."(See all of Jay Weissberg's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 547 words, 02/13/11
Neil Young, Hollywood Reporter: WEAK "A tedious double-whammy of scrappy, mid-length, no-budget indie movies on the navel-gazing theme of scrappy, no-budget, indie-moviemaking.... Swanberg's choppy cutting between different layers of film-within-film yields diminishing rewards."(See all of Neil Young's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 552 words, 02/28/11
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: FAIR "So much for the plot, which, as expected, advances primarily through beer drinking, clothes shucking and aimless chatting.... the film neither pleases the eye nor stimulates the mind."(See all of Jeannette Catsoulis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 279 words, 10/28/11
27.2 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Silver Bullets's reviews are separated by an average 27.2 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
Silver Bullets (7 reviews) Roll over dots for each review
Coverage:Silver Bullets's reviews cover 7.0% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 3,458 words involume (average is 20,194 words). Length:The film's reviews average 494 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Reviews Broke 34 Days Before Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Silver Bullets's reviews on average broke 34 days before opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is Silver Bullets's opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
Silver Bullets (7 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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