Critic Reviews

• Michael Rechtshaffen, Hollywood Reporter

  Beauty and the Beast meets Sergio Leone in this amusing Western import.

• Andy Webster, New York Times

  A slender movie of humble, welcome charms.

• John Anderson, Variety

  A droll New Zealand parody with a tone so deadpan it becomes laugh-out-loud funny.

• Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice

  Good for Nothing has a nice comic sense of the brushfire eruptions of Western violence...

• Dominic Corry, Flicks.co.nz

  ...an admirably slick production...

• Matthew Sorrento, Film Threat

  In a film working off tradition, Good for Nothing moves to uncertain genre territory.

• Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com

  Wallis and his lead pair play the proceedings with such deadpan earnestness that makes for an off-kilter energy that is often quite funny and, more importantly, consistently engaging.

• Jonah Flicker, Paste Magazine

  Unfortunately, Good For Nothing's references and aspirations are a bit higher than what is actually on the screen.

• Ron Wilkinson, Monsters and Critics

  This film overflows with Kiwi humor that, unfortunately, will be lost on many audiences.

• Leonard Maltin, Leonard Maltin's Picks

  Essentially a two-character piece, a big part of its impact comes from the contrast of two lone figures against a vast Western landscape.

• Avi Offer, NYC Movie Guru

  An amusing, well-shot deadpan comedy that pokes subversive fun at the American Western genre, but it eventually loses comedic steam.

• Brent Simon, Shockya.com

  Though well acted, this Kiwi-shot Western would've done better to invest more time with its leads, and ditch deadpan attempts at a subplot of pursuers that has no reasonable payoff.

• Jordan Hoffman, About.com

  the "movie" is saying "isn't this cute?" And it's not cute. It's really, really not.

• Ethan Alter, Television Without Pity

  The background scenery is frequently more interesting than what's going on in the foreground.

• Blake French, Filmcritic.com

  there just isn't enough that happens in the film to justify a 92 minute running time

• Sam Adams, AV Club

  The film's antipodean locales provide plenty of uncharted territory, vast expanses of untamed land that offer endless opportunity but little guidance. A man could get lost out there, and Wallis does.

• Chuck Bowen, Slant Magazine

  The title is apropos, but it's also an understatement.

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