A thriller that might as well have been released in 1996, when everybody and their brother and their sister and their cousin twice-removed was trying to be Quentin Tarantino ...
– Matt Zoller Seitz,
Chicago Sun-Times,
11 Jun 2013
fresh:
Of course, the violence is cringe-worthy and, at times, over the top. But view this as a modern comic book/fairy tale, and it's easier to accept this saga of girls with guns and the life lessons they eventually confront.
– Mary Houlihan,
Chicago Sun-Times,
7 Jun 2013
rotten:
The film's subtle visual allure is all but stamped out by the impression that the director tries too hard to be an idiosyncratic auteur in the vein of Quentin Tarantino.
– Stephanie Merry,
Washington Post,
7 Jun 2013
rotten:
Violet and Daisy are just violent and crazy - which is, ultimately, the real problem. And why we should care about them remains the one mystery no one here can quite unravel.