Critic Reviews
Gerry (2002) Rank 1 Reviews
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Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)
In the end, Gerry is beyond the simple question of pleasure. Seeing it may be no fun at all, but then discomfort is part of the price one pays in learning. ...read the complete Gerry movie review at Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)
Variety (Todd McCarthy)
Defiantly uncommunicative picture. ...read the complete Gerry movie review at Variety (Todd McCarthy)
Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
After swimming in the mainstream with Good Will Hunting, director Gus Van Sant offers indie penance with this arty exercise that strands Matt Damon and Casey Affleck (both named Gerry) in a desert with little to say and do except lose themselves in an ...read the complete Gerry movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Arty exercise that strands Matt Damon and Casey Affleck (both named Gerry) in a desert with little to say and do except lose themselves in an existential wasteland of doomed beauty. ...read the complete Gerry movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Entertainment Today (Brent Simon)
A bold but barren and unrewarding art house stunt, Gerry 's aggressively minimalist marriage of form and content comes off as bizarrely angry and deeply unfulfilling. ...read the complete Gerry movie review at Entertainment Today (Brent Simon)
Internet Reviews (Steve Rhodes)
A picture that's both pretty and pretty vacuous. ...read the complete Gerry movie review at Internet Reviews (Steve Rhodes)
Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)
Gus Van Sant is obviously rebelling against Hollywood-style films but going to the other extreme is not the answer. ...read the complete Gerry movie review at Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)
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Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)
The desert is clean in Gerry, but it's also empty. ...read the complete Gerry movie review at Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)
Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Strands Matt Damon and Casey Affleck (both named Gerry) in a desert with little to say and do except lose themselves in an existential wasteland of doomed beauty. ...read the complete Gerry movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
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Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
The most screamingly obvious reaction to Gerry is: what a load of pseudo-arty you-know-what. ...read the complete Gerry movie review at Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
User Reviews
by J. Semo "notShock... on August 17, 2009
Not for your typical American viewer, no car chases, nothing blows up, no special effects/cgi, no boobs...which is why most will not like it, which is good. ...
by Bobby S. Hummel on April 12, 2009
Gerry is a one-of-a-kind experience, a cinematic force beyond any sense of category or label, and DEFINITELY not for everyone. If you want to watch Gerry, you need...
1. Patience
2. An attention span
3. An appreciation for nature
4. An appreciation for ...
by John Gallone on December 16, 2008
Gus Van Sant's film 'Gerry' stars Casey Affleck and Matt Damon as two pals who happily wander off on a short desert hike and become hopelessly lost in an ever more bleak and hostile landscape. A sense of plodding doom eases in from the edges of the ...
by Darewrecka "b-mov... on February 15, 2008
i wonder if this film was dedicated to jerry seinfeld. a film completely about nothing. hard to believe a film from a major studio released this. but, it is a great surreal film about being lost. many different things ran through my mind watching this. ...
by C. Le "CY" on November 24, 2007
MATT DAMON IS JUST GREAT LIKE USUAL. THIS WAS A THINKING MANS DREAM.
NO ITS NOT A SUMMER POPCORN MOVIE, IT IS ONE THAT LEAVES A POSITIVE IMPRESSION IN ONE'S MIND. NOT SOMETHING YOU FORGET FIVE MINUTES AFTER IT IS OVER. BREATH-TAKING-MOVING-INSPIRATIONAL. ...
by Gina Miller on July 28, 2007
This film has an intensity that hangs on you, I can feel it almost tangibly inside of my stomach. It's simplicity, emotional music and long scenes which mostly comprise of just the two characters and the environment makes you the viewer, feel as though ...
by Pamela M. Shirey ... on January 21, 2007
I believe the two "Gerrys" are one in the same person. Matt Damen's "Gerry" is the stronger of the two personalities. And throughout the movie he is struggling with his weaker "Gerry", played by Casey Affleck. And without giving away too much of the ...
by Benjamin Wiebe on October 20, 2006
It is perhaps time to address a few of the criticisms levelled at "Gerry."
1. Nothing Happens.
In fact, there is an incredible richness of action. No, I'm not kidding. Every detail, from dialogue, landscape and sound to editing, music and even ...
by Bob "the Palindro... on July 21, 2006
Pretentious? That word is becoming cliche for reviewers on Amazon. If something is pretentious it has to claim to be brilliant without actually doing so. This Delivers. In fact, it is one of the best movies I have rented all year.
One of the great ...
by Marc Mayer on March 06, 2006
Just finished watching this movie and it has given me lots to think about. Actually, it's just the opposite of pretentious which seems to be the favorite word of the one star review dudes. I know this story personally (though I was spared death) and ...
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