Wasteland 2012

Miriam Bale, New York Times: To borrow from a term for the gritty, working-class British dramas that this film also nods to, it's a kitchen-sink caper. Read more

Andrew Barker, Variety: An overlong Northern British heist caper with a wildly uneven tone and a needlessly scrambled narrative, but it suggests a higher intelligence beneath, waiting to flower down the road. Read more

Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader: This British heist picture is familiar but energetic genre filmmaking, more interesting in its particulars than in its overall conception. Read more

Laremy Legel, Film.com: A British heist movie that's well deserving of an American audience. Read more

Michael Rechtshaffen, Hollywood Reporter: An engaging, intelligent, character-driven addition to the well-pillaged heist genre. Read more

Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: It creates two admirably entertaining storytelling strands - one a friendship saga, the other a robbery caper - yet can't merge the two successfully. Read more

Kyle Smith, New York Post: The shallow, derivative and contrived British heist thriller "Wasteland" lives down to its unfortunate name. Read more

David Fear, Time Out: Seems aimed specifically at folks who still subscribe to lad mags. Read more

Chuck Wilson, Village Voice: Athale has a flair for guy-pal banter; here, the talk is funny and profane, silly and profound, often in the same breath. Read more