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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 80
    Salon.com | Andrew O'Hehir

    Baghead is a kick in the pants. Read full review

  • 75
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

    An amusing bauble. Read full review

  • 75
    Boston Globe | Ty Burr

    The movie's cheap, it's clever - it's even a little scary in places. Read full review

  • 70
    Los Angeles Times |

    The filmmakers maintain a delicate balance that generates tension on multiple levels, including sexual. They giddily mix genres, but Baghead, part meta-cinematic comedy, part relationship drama and part horror movie, remains rooted in reality. Read full review

  • 70
    Variety |

    Though its scares are scarce, Baghead provides what nine out of 10 dead-teenagers movies lack: specifically, a realistic sense of character that gives moviegoers a reason to identify with the would-be victims. Read full review

  • 60
    New York Daily News | Elizabeth Weitzman

    Anybody who missed 2006's excellent indie "The Puffy Chair" has another chance to discover the off-kilter world of the Duplass brothers. Read full review

  • 60
    Wall Street Journal | Joe Morgenstern

    A very short and cheerfully scruffy comedy-thriller. Read full review

  • 50
    Washington Post | Ann Hornaday

    Baghead provides a diverting showcase for actors you may never have heard of but who deserve a shot at fame and fortune. Read full review

  • 40
    The New York Times | Stephen Holden

    The semi-improvised performances, which seem so natural that it is tempting to confuse the actors with their characters, bring Baghead into the realm of group therapy observed through one-way glass. Read full review

  • 38
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    If you walk out after 10 or 15 minutes, you will have seen the best parts of the film. Read full review

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