Baghead Critic Reviews
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Based upon 11 Critic Reviews- Highest Rated
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Baghead provides a diverting showcase for actors you may never have heard of but who deserve a shot at fame and fortune.Read the full review
They've made a movie about trickery that neatly tricks its viewers into laughing, then screaming, then laughing again.Read the full review
The acting is a big part of Baghead's problem. Three of the four protagonists are played by performers who do little to distinguish themselves.Read the full review
A very short and cheerfully scruffy comedy-thriller.Read the full review
The filmmakers maintain a delicate balance that generates tension on multiple levels, including sexual. They giddily mix genres, but Baghead, part meta-cinematic comedy, part relationship drama and part horror movie, remains rooted in reality.Read the full review
An amusing bauble.Read the full review
Though its scares are scarce, Baghead provides what nine out of 10 dead-teenagers movies lack: specifically, a realistic sense of character that gives moviegoers a reason to identify with the would-be victims.Read the full review
If you walk out after 10 or 15 minutes, you will have seen the best parts of the film.Read the full review
Much of the fun of Baghead is that it's unclassifiable, by turns a movie-movie lark, an Eric Rohmer-like relationship comedy, and a surprisingly effective "Friday The 13th" kids-in-the-woods slasher film.Read the full review
The semi-improvised performances, which seem so natural that it is tempting to confuse the actors with their characters, bring Baghead into the realm of group therapy observed through one-way glass.Read the full review
