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14 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Village VoiceMichael NordineVillage VoiceMichael NordineLike the hardboiled detectives of yore, Too Late ultimately gets the job done — even if it's in its own off-the-books way.
- 70Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinHauck, with a strong assist from Bill Fernandez's clever, well-modulated Techniscope lensing, impressively choreographs the movie's continuous takes with a nice balance of intimacy and breadth. Hauck's a talent to watch.
- 67The Film StageThe Film StageUndeniably ambitious, Hauck’s debut is a fascinating study of genre homage and cinematic technique that wears its heart on its sleeve, even if it’s not always aware of that fact.
- 67The A.V. ClubKatie RifeThe A.V. ClubKatie RifeIf you enjoy strippers delivering monologues on Bugs Bunny — something that actually happens in this movie — then Too Late will scratch that same adolescent itch that leads young film buffs to dress in black suits and Ray-Bans after seeing "Reservoir Dogs" for the first time.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenWith its overt nods to movies, nonlinear structure and purple-tinged dialogue, the self-conscious artifice of Hauck’s first feature can be suffocating. This narrative puzzle should be more fun than it is.
- 55TheWrapRobert AbeleTheWrapRobert AbeleFilmed in five long 35mm takes, this murder mystery features a fair amount of cinematic virtuosity, but it’s too self-conscious and uneven to be entirely successful.
- 50VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyAs a spiritually “lost” man searching for a more literally lost woman, Hawkes has just the offhand gravitas required for a noir hero. Yet in a movie where character backstory and plot coherence hardly figure, any emotional realism the actor provides is wholly his invention.
- 40Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenEmblazoned with ambition, this throwback Seventies-style private-eye movie (think Robert Altman’s "The Long Goodbye" or Robert Aldrich’s "Hustle") seems more invested in its form than its content.
- 25The PlaylistCharlie SchmidlinThe PlaylistCharlie SchmidlinAs exampled in “Martha Marcy May Marlene,” any chance to hear Hawkes perform solo on guitar is time well spent. It’s time well needed, too, as it provides a moment of reflection to remember why we came — Hawkes — and wonder how he found himself in such a confounding misfire.
- 25Slant MagazineKenji FujishimaSlant MagazineKenji FujishimaAll the narrative hopscotching is little more than a superficial ploy to gussy up a clichéd redemption tale.