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13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91ConsequenceScout TafoyaConsequenceScout TafoyaIt feels special, like a kind of prized trinket, a sun-dappled sexual fantasia, chased by the specter of death in pursuit of a life of leisure. The Jesus Rolls is a touching and singular work, a louche fantasy.
- 67IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichThe freewheeling Jonathan Demme energy only grows more infectious as the film drifts along, Émilie Simon’s buoyant flamenco score finds the zest in each scene, and the lightly fantastical “none of this matters” attitude feels like manna from heaven in an age of interconnected cinematic universes
- 60The New York TimesGlenn KennyThe New York TimesGlenn KennyThe movie doesn’t always work, but it’s never boring.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungThe Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungThough Turturro turned this small part into a memorable character for the Coens, Quintana is not so reliably funny here, especially headlining a whole film of very intermittent charm.
- 50VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeIn the end, the project doesn’t really work. The Coen brothers have a touch for the absurd, and a gift for dialogue, that’s lacking here, and without those two qualities, Jesus wears out his welcome relatively early in the journey.
- 50Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreEvery minute that The Jesus isn’t in a bowling alley Turturro and his movie lose a lot of what made him stand out.
- 42Original-CinThom ErnstOriginal-CinThom ErnstIt’s not so much whether The Jesus Rolls fails. It does, but how much it fails depends on how amped up your expectations are going into the movie.
- 38RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoRogerEbert.comBrian TallericoIt’s not hard to think that there could be an interesting remake of “Going Places” or an interesting spin-off “The Big Lebowski” to be made — it’s just that this film doesn't work as either.
- 33The PlaylistRodrigo PerezThe PlaylistRodrigo PerezThe wandering, strictly bush league movie, unfortunately, cannot reprise the unbridled strut of Quintana’s ‘Lebowski’ braggadocio, suggesting perhaps we should leave the resurrection of beloved characters to the professionals.
- 30Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenLos Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenA gutter ball of a sophomoric, white middle-age male sex farce fantasy that quickly wears out an already tenuous welcome.