Of the film’s many flashbacks, Roffman writes: “In typical Gilligan fashion, he finds a palatable way to have the past fuel the present. “There was never any doubt that Gilligan loves his characters, but goddamn does ‘El Camino’ bring that idea home,” he finds. In his headline, Consequence of Sound critic Michael Roffman called the sequel movie an “affecting epilogue for ‘Breaking Bad’ fans.” He’d soon tout Gilligan’s “finesse” and ultimately says “El Camino” is “impressive.” ![]() “The fun comes from seeing your favorite characters again, not finally resolving missing pieces that have tortured your sleep for six years,” she wrote of “El Camino.”Īlso Read: 'Downton Abbey' Was a Hit, So Why Isn't 'El Camino' In Theaters Nationwide, Too? After all, the “Breaking Bad” series finale didn’t stir up the level of discussion that say the “Sopranos” one did. Like Poniewozik, Wilkinson wonders who was actually clamoring for this sequel. Her main gripe is not an unfair or entirely unique one. There, Alissa Wilkinson gives “El Camino” three of five stars. Vox’s review is much more tepid than most. He ultimately grades it an “A-,” and concludes: “That this film can stand on its own, all while paying tribute to the show that helped birth it, is maybe the most impressive escape act of them all.”Īlso Read: 'El Camino' Star Aaron Paul Recaps All of 'Breaking Bad' in Less Than 3 Minutes (Video) Greene says the film’s 125-minute runtime is “brisk and propulsive.” IndieWire writer Steve Greene calls “El Camino” an “impressive achievement.” For his headline adjective, Greene went with “riveting.” “Some of the action here is thrilling, some of it is horrifying, and some plain hilarious,” he writes of the movie itself, which he’d go on to conclude is “one hell of an entertaining gift.” “And in ‘El Camino’s’ best moments, it’s all of those things at the same time.”Īlso Read: 'El Camino': Aaron Paul Talks Jesse Pinkman's Fate and How They Pulled Off Movie's 'Most Secretive Scene' In his spoiler-free and abbreviated review, Sepinwall calls lead actor Paul “charismatic and effectively haunted.” Rolling Stone’s Alan Sepinwall concurred with MacInnes’ four-of-five-stars rating. He says Paul is “phenomenal,” and of Gilligan’s direction: “Scene for scene, the movie is a satisfying reminder of what ‘Breaking Bad’ did so well.”īut Poniewozik, a critic until the end, wondered: “I still have to ask: What did we need from ‘El Camino’?’Īlso Read: Does 'El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie' Have a Post-Credits Scene? New York Times critic James Poniewozik found “El Camino” to be “well-crafted postscript that entertainingly extends the ‘Breaking Bad’ cinematic universe by two hours without really adding to it.” That note would be a common theme throughout the earliest-available reviews.Īlso Read: 'El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie': Who Did Jesse Pinkman Write That Letter to? Where the Netflix release “excels” is in giving the Jesse Pinkman character (Aaron Paul) “closure,” MacInnes wrote. It is too compact and fragmented to truly stand on its own, and viewers who have not seen the preceding 62 hours of ‘Breaking Bad’ will likely struggle to enjoy it.” Vince Gilligan’s “El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie” debuted Friday on Netflix, and the reviews are enough to make even the toughest meth-dealer smile.įor starters, Paul MacInnes of The Guardian gave “El Camino” four out of a possible five stars, writing “while it has both style and content, ‘El Camino’ feels more like a feature-length TV episode than an actual movie. ![]() ![]() (Spoiler alert: At most, only minor spoilers for “El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie” exist below, though click-through to full outside reviews at your own risk.)
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