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Dragonslayer Review

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

  • 4.0
    71

    out of 100

    Metascore®
    Generally favorable reviews
    based on a weighted average of all
    critic review scores.

  • 60

    out of 100

    The Hollywood Reporter

    The portrait is dispiriting overall, inspiring little affection from viewers, but feels authentic and fair.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    Variety Robert Koehler

    The film observes a guy verging on poverty or riches with a bounty of beautiful imagery and fresh angles on skateboarding culture.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times

    A youth culture backdropped by the crumbling edge of California is rendered with punk rock energy and grace.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    The New York Times Jeannette Catsoulis

    Seamlessly dovetailing style and subject, Dragonslayer, a poetic and affectionate portrait of the professional skateboarder Josh Sandoval.

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  • 80

    out of 100

    Village Voice

    Nothing like a traditional social-issue doc, Patterson's one-of-a-kind hybrid captures a socio-historical moment with the kind of charged authenticity that only comes from a willingness to embrace contradictions: It's discursive and hypnotic, laconic and urgent.

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  • 91

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

    With its propulsive punk-rock soundtrack and beautifully rough cinematography, Dragonslayer makes you care about this scrawny young man, skating to nowhere.

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