Rotten
Calculated to outrage and executed to underwhelm, Kevin Smith's Red State is like a dull blade slashing wildly, predictably and ineffectually at its target.
Justin Chang, Variety
Overview
Set in Middle America, a group of teens receive an online invitation for sex, though they soon encounter Christian fundamentalists with a much more sinister agenda.
Director and cast
- Kevin Smith Director
- Michael Parks as Pastor Abin Cooper
- John Goodman as Joseph Keenan
- Melissa Leo as Sara
- Michael Angarano as Travis
- Kyle Gallner as Jarod
- Nicholas Braun as Billy-Ray
- Kerry Bishé as Cheyenne
- Stephen Root as Sherrif Wynan
- Matt Jones as Deputy Pete
- Kevin Alejandro as Harry, the Tactical Agent
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
59%
Tomatometer
Fresh
It's a charming if conspicuously unfinished film, a half-riotous, half-idiotic send-up of the teen horror genre with a vaguely hip political twist.
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
Fresh
If nothing else, it's nice to see this director refusing to play by the rules of the multiplex.
Tom Huddleston, Time Out
Rotten
Wants so badly to push viewers' buttons, but struggles to reach them more often than not.
William Goss, Film.com
Rotten
For all its boisterous profanity and splattery violence, the film is more of a weary sigh than a sputtering volley of indignation.
A.O. Scott, New York Times
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