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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenThroughout, Joe Swanberg connects Generation Y's fetish for past pop-cultural kitsch to its attending sexual insecurities.
- 67The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyThe A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyLike countless Swanberg films (the prolific director has completed 17 features in less than a decade), 24 Exposures is populated by characters who are defined not by their actions, but by their unwillingness to act. The difference here is the presence of an exterior force—the murders—that makes Swanberg’s naturalistic style seem affected.
- 50The DissolveMike D'AngeloThe DissolveMike D'Angelo24 Exposures is a transparent auto-critique (or self-justification, depending on how you look at it) in the form of a rather vague thriller, and doesn’t work particularly well in either mode.
- 50RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzRogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzThis latest, a thriller about a photographer who might be a killer, is wild pop fly that disappears in the stands.
- 42The PlaylistDrew TaylorThe PlaylistDrew Taylor24 Exposures has a handful of interesting ideas, and a lot of cute topless girls, but it doesn’t add up to much.
- 40Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlVillage VoiceAlan ScherstuhlSwanberg has made an inspiring career out of rejecting the aesthetic crimes of Hollywood. It's dispiriting, then, that he so doggedly indulges in its tradition of male gazing.
- 40Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinThis brief, loosely-knit film never builds any empathy or tension.
- 40The New York TimesAndy WebsterThe New York TimesAndy Webster24 Exposures plays like an exercise. With a thin plot — the usual parade of possible killers — it falls to the actors to provide zing.
- 25The result isn't fresh and realistic, though; it's clumsy and stilted. Improvised dialogue can work wonderfully if the actors have a solid feel for their characters, but everyone here seems rushed and uncomfortable.
- 25Chicago Sun-TimesBruce IngramChicago Sun-TimesBruce IngramThere’s not much difference between this nudity-packed yet remarkably dull crime drama and the ’90s-vintage, sleazy pay-cable erotic thrillers it’s referencing, if not emulating.