60
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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80We Got This CoveredLauren Humphries-BrooksWe Got This CoveredLauren Humphries-BrooksA well-acted, slow burning indie, The Fixer uses thriller mechanisms to examine insular, tribal cultures through the eyes of an outsider.
- 75The Seattle TimesSoren AndersenThe Seattle TimesSoren AndersenThe performances are first rate, particularly Rains’ work in the lead role.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeRains, who was given an acting award by the Tribeca jury, brings such a sense of purpose to the part that the movie never goes slack.
- 70VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyWhile Olds and Paul Felten’s screenplay requires some significant credulity leaps, The Fixer is flavorsome, engaging and unpredictable enough that one can give those gaps a pass, at least to an extent.
- 70The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThe New York TimesNeil GenzlingerMr. Rains, Ms. Leo and Mr. Franco are all so interesting that you wish they had more to bite into. But the film has a transfixing quality nonetheless.
- 67The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloThe A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloThe result is more of an interesting thesis than a compelling drama, but it’s anchored by Rains’ sturdy performance as a man whose open-minded curiosity about his new home disengages his natural wariness, for both better and worse.
- 60Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleThere’s plenty of intelligence and atmosphere in play here.... But the prevailing tone is of pressure applied and nothing released, a genre exercise that plays as educational rather than exhilarating.
- 50Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlVillage VoiceAlan ScherstuhlThe movie — at first scrappy and strange but an increasingly tough sit as it goes — never fixes its gaze on any singularly compelling idea.
- 38Slant MagazineClayton DillardSlant MagazineClayton DillardFor a film that warns against believing in a mirage, Burn Country seems all too comfortable perpetuating one.