Metacritic Movie Ratings
Eagle vs. Shark Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 75

  out of 100

  USA Today

  Unlike so many big-studio films that pass off models in horn-rimmed glasses as nerds, this little New Zealand gem embraces the inner geek and, just as effectively, celebrates misfit love.

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• 70

  out of 100

  Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern

  This debut feature, occasionally arch but consistently affecting, shares the deadpan esthetic of "Napoleon Dynamite" and "Ghost World."

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• 50

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesCarina Chocano

  As it turns out, spending a couple of hours with emotionally arrested, socially moronic characters is not a whole lot more fun than spending a couple of hours with actual emotionally arrested, socially moronic people.

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• 50

  out of 100

  The New York TimesA.O. Scott

  Intermittently charming, sometimes tiresome celebration of quirkiness.

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• 42

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman

  It's a tale that reduces angst, not to mention love, to a generational tic.

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• 40

  out of 100

  VarietyTodd McCarthy

  Result is still innocuously mild and inconsequential.

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• 40

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterJames Greenberg

  More dumb than funny.

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