Critic Reviews

• Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

  Garity doesn't break any new Rainman ground here, but Allan Mindel's film has a nice sense of place, and Richard Murphy's script has lots of low-key surprises.

• Jonathan Curiel, San Francisco Chronicle

  Memorable enough to warrant another shot at director. This film ends in a way that proves Mindel doesn't rely on cliches to make a statement.

• Allison Benedikt, Chicago Tribune

  Everyone seems to be playing someone else in Allan Mindel's full-of-potential, slight-of-script Milwaukee, Minnesota.

• Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

  Most of its cast makes strong impressions, but the plot and motivation don't quite jell, resulting in a minor item that shows its star Troy Garity to good advantage.

• Rex Reed, New York Observer

  A strange, compelling film, with Mr. Garity as a likeable, winning centerpiece.

• Ned Martel, New York Times

  Allan Mindel is too taken with a Midwestern strain of weirdos who flounder in ramshackle houses, no-tell hotels and depressing juke joints.

• Eric Monder, Film Journal International

  Contains all the elements of a charmingly offbeat independent film, but somehow those elements never quite gel.

• Ed Gonzalez, Slant Magazine

  If you have any sense, you'll rent and savor Trash instead.

• Rob Thomas, Capital Times (Madison, WI)

  A weird but tasty slice of Midwestern noir.

• Ernest Hardy, L.A. Weekly

  More predictable than its makers seem aware, its emotional hooks much too dull to pull us in.

• Harvey S. Karten, Compuserve

  Two miscast actors provide all the annoyance the public can take.

• Jonathan W. Hickman, Entertainment Insiders

  Milwaukee, Minnesota is familiar but manages to be unique in flourishes that come when you least expect them.

• Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

  An odd movie that wears its idiosyncrasies poorly.

• Jay Antani, Filmcritic.com

  From the outset, the movie bumbles into genre territory inhabited by superior specimens

• Maitland McDonagh, TV Guide's Movie Guide

  Allan Mindel's directing debut gives off the smug air of hipsters at play, making it hard to care what happens to any of its lost souls and inept opportunists.

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