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Metascore
6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Village VoiceMichael NordineVillage VoiceMichael NordineThough far from perfect, Toad Road is also the first unique horror film to come along in years.
- 63Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenWriter-director Jason Banker finds the ironic beauty that arises from his characters' self-contemptuous and misplaced acts of destruction.
- 60The DissolveNoel MurrayThe DissolveNoel MurrayToad Road is sloppy and under-realized, but it should connect with anyone who’s ever made terrible choices for no good reason.
- 60VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyThough it can be taken at first glance as an archetypal “nothing happening” movie, there’s just enough going on here to suggest repeat viewings might reward curiosity.
- 60Los Angeles TimesMartin TsaiLos Angeles TimesMartin TsaiThe home-movie vérité style of the early scenes pays dividends when inexplicable occurrences suddenly take us by surprise.
- 40The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisMr. Banker teases us with a dizzy, dislocating shooting style that throws up a succession of eerily arresting images. Even so, his film never overcomes the fact that watching drugged-out wastrels is rarely interesting — unless, of course, you’re one of them.