Godspeed 2009

Critics score:
50 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: Opens tentatively but ends confidently with a climax that's bloody enough to jolt but not enough to sicken -- a trick that too many directors have yet to master. Read more

Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: Despite its fissures in tone and technique, Godspeed occasionally plays like a sturdy indie outpost of revenge cinema. Read more

Lou Lumenick, New York Post: The location -- Sarah Palin's beautiful old stomping ground of Wasilla, Alaska -- is the main attraction in Robert Saitzyk's talky and overwrought melodrama. Read more

Andrew Grant, Time Out: Earnest to a fault, this tale of vengeance and retribution strives for Faulknerian pathos, but never rises above amateur theatrics. Read more

Aaron Hillis, Village Voice: Saitzyk's sappy pontifications on loss, redemption, and zealotry don't register as headily as they're meant to, and the spirituality invoked feels about as sincere as the Christian who only attends Christmas mass. Read more