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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichA taut and stylish thriller that manages to draw fresh blood from some very familiar territory.
- 75The PlaylistAndrew BundyThe PlaylistAndrew BundySinha’s debut may not be destined to be the next American indie classic, but it’s a powerful debut film with a stirring perspective on criminality and immigration.
- 63Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreBut the violence, when it comes, is shocking. The native cunning, when it makes itself known, is chilling.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweThe Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweAlternately incisive and uneven.
- 60Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayLos Angeles TimesNoel MurrayStray Dolls lacks some narrative momentum, as the characters drift from petty crime to petty crime and party to party. But the film has a remarkable sense of place.
- 60VarietyJessica KiangVarietyJessica KiangThe downbeat, disenfranchised “dark side of the American dream” thing has been done to death in a thousand noirs, but Stray Dolls elbows just enough room for itself in that crowded category, especially for how it honors the American cinematic tradition of the last-chance motel: a place designed for passing through that somehow never lets you leave.
- 60TheWrapSteve PondTheWrapSteve PondThe film is at its best in exploring the gaps between dream and reality.
- 50The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisDespite its sense of dead-end desperation, Stray Dolls is made worthwhile by the richness of Shane Sigler’s nighttime cinematography and the consistent empathy of its tone. Sinha, herself a first-generation immigrant, isn’t about to judge anyone for reaching.