It feels, if not like real life, at least like a movie you haven't seen before.
– Sam Adams,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Dec 2008
rotten:
Nothing really going on here
– Ben Lyons,
At the Movies,
15 Dec 2008
fresh:
I thought that Brian Goodman managed to put us in this hardscrabble South Boston neighborhood.
– Ben Mankiewicz,
At the Movies,
15 Dec 2008
fresh:
Goodman doesn't allow even a hint of postmodernism or self-consciousness to creep into What Doesn't Kill You, and though the movie's various heists and shootouts are gripping, they aren't especially kinetic or stylish.
– Noel Murray,
AV Club,
19 Dec 2008
fresh:
The overfamiliarity of What Doesn't Kill You is redeemed by a full-scale performance from Mark Ruffalo.