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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisA weird, wordy but oddly compelling thriller.
- What keeps Godspeed from lasting power are its melodramatic swerves and less-than-revelatory acting. But despite its fissures in tone and technique, Godspeed occasionally plays like a sturdy indie outpost of revenge cinema.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenThe Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenNever really gets up to speed on any engrossing level, save for Michael Hardwick's notable cinematography.
- 40VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangA little less chatter and a little more splatter might have improved Godspeed, an initially intriguing but finally overwrought tale of murder, retribution and quasi-religious fanaticism set in the land of the midnight sun.
- 40Village VoiceVillage VoiceThe tone fits the material and the performances are surprisingly measured, but Saitzyk's sappy pontifications on loss, redemption, and zealotry don't register as headily as they're meant to (every character gets at least one melodramatic speech), and the spirituality invoked feels about as sincere as the Christian who only attends Christmas mass.
- 25New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickQuite a slog, with most of the acting strictly amateurish save the veteran Ed Lauter as a fish and game inspector.