Mid90s
critic Reviews
, 81% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score- Mid90s tells a clear-eyed yet nostalgic coming-of-age tale that might mark the start of an auspicious new career for debuting writer-director Jonah Hill.
- , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreKathleen SachsChicago Reader
An earnest effort that nonetheless relies too heavily on gimmicks.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreSimran HansObserver (UK)
The attempts at authentic stoner dialogue soon become tedious, with too little plot or character development grounding the inanity.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScorePatrick SmithIndependent (UK)
Lending the film considerable ballast is an affecting performance by Sunny Suljic.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreEd PottonTimes (UK)
Mid90s is alive to the debauchery and obnoxiousness of teenagers, but also to their warmth and loyalty.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreTara BradyIrish Times
Mid90s feels like a male retort to Greta Gerwig's Lady Bird or Crystal Moselle's Skate Kitchen.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScorePeter BradshawGuardian
Hill has come up with an accomplished and watchable film in this style, nearly a pastiche...
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreNicolás MedinaPeliplat
In his directorial debut Jonah Hill proves that he understands how adolescence is not just a phase of life, but rather an attitude that carries as a souvenir several scars and several blows that mark us for the rest of our lives. [Full review in Spanish]
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMax GreeneInSession Film
Mid90s struggles with an identity, but manages to be entertaining and exotic. The cloud of memories remind all of us of our youth and the life-or-death struggles we went through in order to be the adult at the end of that journey.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreCalum CooperSource (Scotland)
A sturdy feature that respectfully relies on visual storytelling, and has clearly also come from a place of passion.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreAkos PeterbenczeVulnerable Man (Medium)
Jonah Hill’s directorial debut resonates on many levels with Millennials and finds a way to embrace a specific type of vulnerability.
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