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Death of a Dynasty Review

Other Critics provided by Metacritic.com

Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 3.0
    41

    out of 100

    Metascore®
    Mixed or average reviews
    based on a weighted average of all
    critic review scores.

  • 30

    out of 100

    Variety David Rooney

    The execution is so amateurish and the script so witless the filmmakers appear to be having a far better time than the audience.

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  • 40

    out of 100

    The New York Times Anita Gates

    Watching the rest of Damon Dash's playful movie is like entering a room where a large, too noisy party is going on and never fully adjusting to the dark or the din.

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  • 40

    out of 100

    Village Voice

    Dynasty is less interesting as a film than as a winking gloss on hip-hop's assembly line of beats, beefs, and B-list lyricists. That said, Capone does a killer dancin' Dash, James Toback's Lyor Cohen is a riot, and multi-credited comedian Kevin Hart should have his own Chappelleian series.

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  • 40

    out of 100

    The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck

    While those in the know will undoubtedly find something to appreciate in the film's wide-ranging if amateurish stabs at satire, the vast majority will feel left out of a private joke.

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  • 75

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

    An amiably raucous, scorched-earth mockumentary.

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