Jimmy and Stiggs: reviews

What the critics say average 6.2 from 26 outlets

• 8.0 Flickering MythRicky Church Literally a bloody fun time. Read
• 8.0 StarburstJoel Harley That Jimmy and Stiggs manages to sustain 80 minutes of this is impressive, and many will find their patience tested by the relentlessness of just about everything Begos chooses to commit to. Read
• 8.0 The Hollywood NewsKat Hughes Retina scarring neons form the foundation for Joe Begos’ crowd-pleasing juggernaut of midnight anarchy. Watch Jimmy and Stiggs big and loud, and preferably from behind shades. Read
• 8.0 Nashville SceneJason Shawhan There are lots of films that address the messy tendencies of dude friendships and what happens when they meet unbreachable barriers, but none of them reach down into the bile and hurt and corrosive rage that steeps in the intersection of sincere sadness and paranoid reinforcement like Jimmy and Stiggs does. Read
• 8.0 ColliderLuna Guthrie It's a relentless ghost train of a movie that blinds you with its color, deafens you with its chaos, and pushes you to hysterics with its overabundance of silly, splatter-filled action. Read
• 8.0 Bloody DisgustingDaniel Kurland The world needs more playful, gonzo small-scale-yet-apocalyptic horror films like Jimmy and Stiggs. Read
• 8.0 Creepy KingdomTom Milligan By placing himself, his best friend, and his home at the center of the mayhem, Begos has made arguably his most personal work to date. Read
• 8.0 Dread CentralDavid Gelmini This is a home invasion movie with a heart, and there are plenty of other body parts on display, too. Read
• 7.5 In Review OnlineJake Tropila A total romp, delivering all thrills and no frills of splattery creature mayhem in a tight runtime. Read
• 7.5 Vague VisagesJoey Keogh Jimmy and Stiggs is a chaotic, ferociously gory and wildly inventive descent into madness that’s tough to shake, even once it’s all over. Read
• 7.5 Pop Culture LeftoversConnor Petrey Produced by Eli Roth’s The Horror Section, Jimmy and Stiggs is a wild experience from start to finish. A bizarre neon-coated acid trip that handles both addiction and alien abduction in a fascinating over the top fashion. Read
• 7.5 Aisle SeatMike McGranaghan Outrageously outrageous. Read
• 7.0 Eye for FilmJennie Kermode The pace is so manic, the action so intense, that it’s easy to be fully immersed in Jimmy’s experience. Read
• 7.0 MovieJawnAvery Coffey Jimmy & Stiggs is unrated and unapologetic. It’s a love letter to our favorite horror and science fiction pastimes against the backdrop of modern chaos. Read
• 6.5 ScullyVisionDan Scully If you’re not the type to be wowed by DIY craft, some of its charms may be lost in translation. But I also get the sense that if you’re the type to press play on this one, or to attend a screening, then you’ll likely find something to enjoy here. Read
• 6.5 Horror PressSamantha McLaren If you’re looking for a goopy, profanity-laden trip to smoke a bowl to, Jimmy and Stiggs will certainly hit the spot. But it’s perhaps best enjoyed with a rowdy late-night crowd. Read
• 6.3 OurQuadCitiesLinda Cook But the rest of the movie is like its characters: Smarter than it might first appear. Read
• 6.0 Warped PerspectiveKeri O'Shea A reasonably fun, if flawed, practical-FX-laden tribute to the horror genre, and depending on your outlook its limitations could even be its strengths. Read
• 6.0 Shadows on the WallRich Cline Even if it's relentlessly corny, the scrappy attitude and colour-drenched imagery build real tension. Read
• 5.0 Roger EbertSimon Abrams “Jimmy & Stiggs” is a slick wallow into a cranked-up, self-destructive headspace that frequently over-compensates for what it lacks in plot and character development with sheer vigor and volume alone. Read
• 4.0 Common Sense MediaJeffrey M. Anderson This alien-attack horror movie is an escalated onslaught of shouting, swearing, drinking, drugs, and unending amounts of spurting, neon-colored extraterrestrial goo, but that's about it. Read
• 4.0 MoriaRichard Scheib The fights with the aliens are hilarious. Read
• 2.5 Culture MixCarla Hay This neon-drenched, profanity-filled splatterfest (about two friends fighting space aliens in an apartment) becomes tiresome because of the flimsy plot and bad acting. Read
• 2.0 The GuardianLeslie Felperin Viewers are advised to bring painkillers to this, and possibly a good book to read during the dull interstitial bits. Read
• 2.0 The Austin ChronicleRichard Whittaker It’s … boring. Read
• 2.0 Flickering MythChris Ward After about 20 minutes of it the joke is done, we’ve had our fix of 1980s straight-to-video silliness and we can move on, but Joe Begos doesn’t and it carries on for another hour. Read