Asphalt City: reviews

What the critics say average 4.9 from 7 outlets

• 7.5 Chicago Sun-TimesRichard Roeper "A grim foray into the grueling and gruesome work of New York paramedics (...) Sean Penn is great." Read
• 6.2 Roger EbertGlenn Kenny "It is when the film is at its calmest that it is also most persuasive (...) Sometimes maximum intensity does not yield optimal results (...)". Read
• 6.0 The TelegraphTim Robey "Intriguingly bleak from the start (...) A disconcertingly compelling journey." Read
• 4.0 IndiewireDavid Ehrlich "She is too focused on the violence she encounters on the margins of New York City to meaningfully interrogate the mental stress of healing it." Read
• 4.0 El MundoLuis Martínez "Sean Penn transformed into a parody of himself (...) a film that makes overkill his natural place in the world. A true exaggeration". Read
• 3.5 El PeriódicoNando Salvá "Her attempts to resemble the films of Paul Schrader, titles like 'Se7en' and countless police dramas are as blatant as the comparison with those references is painful." Read
• 3.0 La RazónSergi Sánchez "It could also have been entitled "Jesus Christ Superstar, paramedic" (...) its narrative structure is that of a textbook martyrology (...) its staging could not be more effective". Read