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A.O. Scott, New York Times: Mr. Green is too fond of these guys, and too respectful of the little bit of freedom they possess, to ensnare them in the machinery of a plot. Read more
Matthew Kassel, New York Observer: Mr. Green has managed to turn a story about two road workers doing road work into something compelling. Read more
A.A. Dowd, AV Club: Director David Gordon Green emerges from the billowy cloud of ganja smoke that's swallowed his career, breathing in the refreshing air of the Texas wilderness Read more
Barbara VanDenburgh, Arizona Republic: The movie feels like there wasn't a script. Like Green just handed Rudd and Hirsche two pairs of overalls, a few bottles of grain alcohol and set the cameras rolling as they bromanced it out over a weekend in the woods. Read more
Loren King, Boston Globe: The performances and ghostly, melancholic atmosphere make it satisfying twist on the male buddy film. Read more
Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader: David Gordon Green somehow brings together the poetic sensibility of his independent art movies and the humorous lowbrow non sequiturs of his studio comedies; the results are one of a kind and often weirdly moving. Read more
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: It's an actors' showcase. But Green films it with real feeling and an eye for parts of the Lone Star State that, as we can see, are no longer. Read more
Tom Long, Detroit News: Did I just really pay good money to watch this? Read more
William Goss, Film.com: Occupies a strange space between Green's broadly comedic fare and devoutly character-driven dramas. Read more
David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter: Perhaps Green's chief accomplishment in this odd little gem of a movie is that he coaxes that mutual compassion out of the characters without having to put it into words. Read more
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: The film ultimately plays like an unfinished thought. It's a good thought, mind you, but like the road, it seems to go nowhere. Read more
Anthony Lane, New Yorker: Rudd, in particular, gives it everything he's got, but he is vanquished by a story that feels both inconsequential and contrived. Read more
Kyle Smith, New York Post: An uneasy mix of Richard Linklater and Abbott and Costello, "Prince Avalanche" is an oddment, but one that brings some small, peculiar pleasures. Read more
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: If Laurel and Hardy, wearing matching baggy overalls and similarly dumbstruck expressions, had starred in a screen version of Waiting for Godot, the results wouldn't be far afield from Prince Avalanche. Read more
Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle: Plenty of absurd and deadpan humor, even slapstick, with a melancholy undertone. A minimalist tale of mismatched workers who paint lines on isolated Texas roads. Good performances, Paul Rudd is particularly impressive. Read more
Andrew Wagaman, Minneapolis Star Tribune: This is ultimately an acting showcase gone awry, and you wind up feeling as agitated and bored as the main characters. Read more
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: "Prince Avalanche" is a molehill that dreams it's a mountain when it's really, really stoned. Read more
Bruce Ingram, Chicago Sun-Times: [A] gently existentialist buddy movie. Read more
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: It's an intimate two-hander with lots of dialogue, humour and poignant revelations, set against a backdrop of rugged woodland beauty. Read more
Linda Barnard, Toronto Star: Its absurdist tact won't be for everybody, but there is satisfaction in the nuanced, often-pleasing performances from Rudd and Hirsch as they slowly reveal their characters to both the audience and each other. These two grow on you. Read more
Alonso Duralde, TheWrap: Prince Avalanche is a remake of an Icelandic movie (Either Way), but it's pure David Gordon Green, from its absurdist humor to its quiet, haunted landscapes. (David Wingo's delicate score enhances both the wit and the wonder.) Read more
Tom Huddleston, Time Out: One of the most intriguing and thoughtful American films of the year. Read more
Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out: You'll love the film when it's being quiet; alas, it begins a slow slide toward cutesy meeting of the minds, which, even in these capable actors' hands, comes off like an indie cliche. Read more
Alan Scherstuhl, Village Voice: It's a schlubby, existential, black-box-theater character study, steeped in warm silences and anxious boys' talk, sugared up with sublime shots of fire-ravaged forest and wild streams percolating with raindrops. Read more
Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine/Vulture: The movie barely seems to hold together. Could it even be called a movie? And yet, it's captivating - a bit like Gus Van Sant's Gerry, but not as conceptually hidebound. Read more
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post: "Prince Avalanche" is a work of eccentric but often profound beauty. That old Green magic, it seems, is back. Read more