Don't Come Knocking Critic Reviews

Shepard's charisma has always reached back to an earlier time, so it's easy to accept him as a kind of pre-counterculture hero - Eastwood without the sneer - who aged into the era of tabloid scandal.Read the full review

Don't Come Knocking expresses itself with deadpan humor, striking imagery, Western iconography and outbursts of strong emotions.Read the full review

Filled with haunting visual panoramas. One of the most resonant is a nighttime shot of the Elko skyline dominated by a glittering casino. Evoking a once and future gold rush, it says more about the Old West and the New West than all of Mr. Shepard's elliptical, stagy dialogue can muster. Such powerful images make Don't Come Knocking well worth contemplating.Read the full review

The finest scene in Don't Come Knocking is its quietest...The movie could have used a lot more of it.Read the full review

There are scenes that don't even pretend to work. And others that have a sweetness and visual beauty that stops time and simply invites you to share.Read the full review

Strikes some resonant chords but also hits notes that simply don't ring true and are borderline risible at timesRead the full review

It's a beautiful mess, but it's a mess all the same.Read the full review

With its brilliant cast, its creative pedigree, Don't Come Knocking seemed as close to a sure thing as possible, but it only proves the sad truth that there's no such thing as a sure thing.Read the full review

Despite a fine cast, the film feels as lost as Howard, unsure of its direction or tone.Read the full review