A look at the final moments of a Las Vegas dive bar called 'The Roaring 20s'.... (Full plot summary below)
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A look at the final moments of a Las Vegas dive bar called 'The Roaring 20s'.
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| Film ThreatHunter LanierYou don’t see people like this or interactions like this in the movies unless they’re hopelessly overdone, to the point of drying out all the truth. Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets is a special movie for this reason and too many others that shouldn’t be read about but seen with your own eyes. |
| Los Angeles TimesMark OlsenThe most important thing is that it is genuinely great, a singular and moving glimpse of loneliness, community and finding the strength to face another day. |
| Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovBloody Nose, Empty Pockets is as real as it gets, a snapshot stolen from the very year everything turned to sh-t. It’s a masterpiece. |
| RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzBursting with humanity, grounded in humility, and in love with the poetry of faces, Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets is a classic indie film that will irritate or mystify some viewers while inspiring evangelical fervor in others. |
| The Observer (UK)Simran HansThe sense of the watering hole as a haven for lost souls – not to mention the threat of gentrification to civic space – couldn’t be more vérité. |
| The A.V. ClubVikram MurthiIt’s a film comprised of snapshots, glimpses from a hazy evening. But the Ross Brothers understand that these are the moments that paint people in their best, most unguarded light. |
| The PlaylistChris BarsantiBy the time that the sun is up and Peggy Lee is singing “Is That All There Is?”, Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets has proven to be an impressively affecting and even slightly tragic piece about the homes away from home that provide comfort, as well as just how fleeting that comfort can feel in the bright light of day. |
| IndieWireEric KohnBloody Nose, Empty Pockets may not be the straight-faced documentary it looks like, but it’s a sober-eyed document of our times nonetheless. |
| Boston GlobeTy BurrIs Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets exploitative or enabling? On the contrary, it is friendly, clear-eyed, and wise — tender about our follies and unsentimental about where they lead us. A heap see but a few know, and the Ross brothers are among the chosen few. |
| Slant MagazineCarson LundIt’s in certain characters’ trajectories that the Ross brothers locate the tragic soul of the bar. |
