The film stands, overall, as one of the director's richer provocations ...
– Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
25 Mar 2013
fresh:
Korine's story is a searing indictment of today's hedonistic, nihilistic youth, and his script is loaded with sharp, telling dialogue that exposes the rotten moral cores of its characters.
– Bruce Demara,
Toronto Star,
28 Mar 2013
fresh:
Neon bright and all raw energy, Spring Breakers is a pulsating paradox of a movie, both a tangerine dream and a cultural reality check, a pop artifact that simultaneously exploits and explores the shallowness of pop artifacts.
– Rick Groen,
Globe and Mail,
29 Mar 2013
fresh:
It's campy and comic at times, but Korine also gives the film a downbeat, melancholic edge, with voiceovers, pointed repetition of dialogue and images, and hallucinatory camera work, sound and editing.
– Dave Calhoun,
Time Out,
4 Apr 2013
rotten:
The movie is too calculated to shock. Korine just wants to be the danger he's warning us about.