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13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75The Film StageThe Film StageCredit to the young actors who hold nothing back and truly invest in Husson’s mission to embrace taboo. Every word uttered and move made is flirtatious, each emotional jolt inviting a hellish state of pleasure fate must catch up to before it’s over.
- 75IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichHere is a rare new entry in that smallest of sub-genres: Movies that don’t punish teens for f--king their brains out (surprise surprise: it’s French).
- 70Screen DailyJonathan RomneyScreen DailyJonathan RomneyWhile some may find Bang Gang a calculatedly chic opening salvo for a feature career, it carries a genuine emotional charge, and overall Husson shows she means business.
- 60CineVueBen NicholsonCineVueBen NicholsonHusson sketches teenage ennui well, and crafts complicated and watchable characters around which to base the core of her drama. The slip-up comes in a final act that bows out of the previously constructed conflict in disappointingly obvious fashion.
- 60Time Out LondonCath ClarkeTime Out LondonCath ClarkeIt’s refreshing to see a movie like this directed by a woman, Eva Husson, so boys and girls are objectified equally. Which is not to say this passes the feminism test.
- 50VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeThe lack of a single clear character with whom to identify ultimately proves problematic.
- 50The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenBang Gang goes out of its way to avoid stereotyping. Where a Hollywood equivalent would almost certainly punish George, “Bang Gang” refuses to designate clear-cut heroes and villains.
- 42The PlaylistOliver LytteltonThe PlaylistOliver LytteltonUnfortunately, while Husson clearly has talent to burn, her film is something of a case of all talk and no trousers.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijThe Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijOriginality or insight aren’t very high on the priority list of this drama.
- 25Slant MagazineSlant MagazineEva Husson's controversy-courting debut is neither as lewdly subversive or as raucously debauched as its provocative title.