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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Film ThreatFilm ThreatA grim and gritty movie, but sardonically funny at the same time.
- 80L.A. WeeklyScott FoundasL.A. WeeklyScott FoundasIf Blake Edwards wrote a script and then Abel Ferrara directed it, it might look something like Nowhere Man.
- 70Chicago ReaderChicago ReaderMcCann's tone, perversely comic at first, gradually darkens, transforming this into a savage noir exploration of the war between the sexes.
- 70Village VoiceDennis LimVillage VoiceDennis LimNowhere Man, despite a tossed-off ending, is a compulsive bit of meta-exploitation.
- 50SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirI'm always grateful to practice a little affirmative action on behalf of grade-C sleaze movies with a budget you could probably locate in your sofa cushions or your dryer, and Tim McCann's digital-video opus Nowhere Man is a fine example of the species.
- 40The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinA weird blooper reel, shown as the credits roll, records how often the actors broke into nervous laughter, and this goofy coda undermines any serious intent or honest emotion in the previous, tedious 80 minutes.
- 30Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasThe bleak absurdity of its predicaments cries out for a tone of pitch-dark comedy to stave off the unintended laughter that it is virtually certain to elicit.
- 20TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghThe result is an unpleasant slog to an unrewarding conclusion that feels far longer than it is.
- 0The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinCheap and ugly in every sense--morally, cinematically, creatively--Nowhere Man accomplishes the seemingly impossible by dragging the seedy revenge genre to a horrific new nadir.
- 0New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoThe dreadful acting, direction and script make Nowhere Man a nowhere movie.