Fresh
Bellflower revs the engine of an exciting new maverick.
Jennie Punter, Globe and Mail
Bellflower
A love story with apocalyptic stakes.
2011 · 1h 46m · R
Action, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Evan Glodell
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Bellflower
Overview
Two friends spend all their free time building flame-throwers and weapons of mass destruction in hopes that a global apocalypse will occur and clear the runway for their imaginary gang "Mother Medusa".
Director and cast
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73%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A delightfully strange hybrid creature.
Tirdad Derakhshani, Philadelphia Inquirer
Fresh
Possibly represents the debut of a one-of-a-kind filmmaker, a natural driven by wild energy, like Tarantino.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
It's like the world's coolest iPhone camera app writ large, and while it'd be misleading to make too much of this picture, it'd be a shame to make too little of it, either.
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Rotten
After a while, "Bellflower" feels like it can't stop checking itself out in the mirror. It's a pose, not a movie.
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
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