The Golden Glove: reviews

What the critics say average 5.5 from 3 outlets

• 7.5 SlashfilmChris Evangelista "The Golden Glove is one of the most challenging movies you?ll ever see, and if it leaves you feeling unclean and outraged, then it?s done its job. Fritz Honka wasn?t a slasher from a B-grade horror movie. He wasn?t a sophisticated evil genius like Hannibal Lecter. He was real. Talk about terrifying." Read
• 5.0 Roger EbertBrian Tallerico "However, even digging that deep into the themes of ?The Golden Glove? feels like it may be missing Akin?s bigger point, which is that there isn?t one. Murder is so often used as a commentary by screenwriters that we've admittedly lost some of the truth of its pointless brutality on the big and small screen. Once you realize that Akin is going to hold nothing back, ?The Golden Glove? becomes an artless, flat affair." Read
• 4.0 The GuardianPeter Bradshaw "Jonas Dassler, in heavy facial prosthesis as the hideous Honka, does an honest job in the role and the film is technically accomplished. But there is something meagre and futile about it." Read