A coming-of-age story about growing up in Queens in the 1980s.... (Full plot summary below)
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A coming-of-age story about growing up in Queens in the 1980s.
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| Film ThreatSumner ForbesIt’s the rare work that confronts the uncomfortable truths of the world – namely that life is far from fair, and no individual can achieve success without the support of others who may not be dealt a great hand in life. |
| New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriBy letting the picture embody his failures — by turning Armageddon Time into a self-aware look at his own limitations — the director makes that necessary connection between then and now, between the characters onscreen and us watching. In other words, he denies us the one thing these types of movies almost always provide: reassurance. |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzEvery detail and narrative swerve are stacked on top of the other to build a monumental story of compromises and consequences. This is a brave film, bracing and thoughtful. It is also, at times, painfully funny. |
| The Film StageDavid KatzArmageddon Time is a quietly seething work, funnier and lighter than anything Gray has made to date, but undergirded with mournful tragedy. |
| Entertainment WeeklyJoshua RothkopfA nuanced exploration of situational ethics tinged with guilt, it's a small, near-perfect New York story. |
| IndieWireDavid EhrlichIt’s a story about the invisible fault lines of inequality, the moral compromises demanded by the American Dream, and the very practical ways in which remembering the past can be the only legitimate defense against the social forces that keep trying to repackage it as a vision of the future. |
| The New York TimesA.O. ScottIt is — astutely, uncomfortably and in the end tragically — about privilege. |
| The Associated PressLindsey BahrGray does a wonderful job painting a portrait of a moment of cultural upheaval through these two boys, their opportunities, their support systems (or lack thereof) and how it was an origin of sorts for the rot that festers today. |
| Slant MagazineKeith UhlichThe film is an illustration of the transition from the ethical pliancy of youth to the moral discernment of adulthood. |
| Little White LiesHannah StrongThe mistakes we make as children have the power to echo through our lives, and we have to live with them, for better or worse, and only distance provides clarity. Armageddon Time understands the past is a foreign country, and not one you can live in forever. |
