VeteranLight I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Derrick Gibbons An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Marva It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

Smoreni Zmaj I barely forced myself to watch it till the end. First time I thought about giving up was after maybe ten minutes or so, and that urge didn't left me throughout the rest of the movie. It mostly looks like bunch of piled up random pretentious crap that leads nowhere. Here and there you can see something interesting, but overall movie is pointless and boring. I endured to the end only because it was written and directed by author of great Donnie Darko, so I hoped it could be one more mindfuk movie that pays off at the end. Yes, it was another mindfuk, and at the end I understood it, but wasting two and a half hours on this nonsense definitely didn't pay off. It's unbelievably stupid and the only thing in it worth seeing are Buffy the Vampire Slayer and several more interesting women.2/10

Jan Strydom Never let it be said that Dwayne Johnson never appeared in a crap movie, when in fact he did. SOUTHLAND TALES has to be one of the worst films I've ever seen him in and not just him. There's a whole list of familiar faces with likes of Sarah Michelle Gellar, Sean William Scott, Justin Timberlake, Jon Lovitz and many more.You would think you'd have the makings of a fun film but instead it's a complete mess of a movie, and the actors are either underused or cast in lousy parts. I mean if the extent of an excellent actor's role in the film is to drive a van and smoke a cigarette as is really the case with Christopher Lambert, then your film really does suck.Although Dwayne Johnson's output of films has ranged from excellent to decent to okay, this one is a turkey not worth recommending.

TheMarwood I saw this opening day in a NYC AMC, on 19th st if I remember correctly. Mid day showing, quarter full theater and only a handful of people were left when the Written and Directed by Richard Kelly credit came on. Southland Tales never had it easy. An infamous bomb in Cannes that can never shed that toxic reputation, it must have been a sobering experience for Kelly. The man gave it his all, with a messy, throw everything including the kitchen sink attitude into this film - but the result is a bloated fiasco that seems to stroke Kelly's ego, which must have deflated quickly after the screening. The film is complete nonsense, yet there is something about this footage which seems piece-mealed together by an editor with a vendetta against Kelly, that is actually watchable. The large cast full of pop culture A, B and C listers, are on board 100% with this thing and they go down swinging and are all committed to this material. They go down alright, but they give it their damnedest and it's kind of infectious. Southland Tales isn't a worthless film, there's enough ambition to fuel a few movies in here, but it is a failure.

stuart-french Seriously, one of the best movies I've ever seen! It's not a very well known movie and unfortunately not very well liked. My opinion is that it's because most people don't understand it. It took me many times of watching it to fully comprehend what was going on throughout the entirety of the film! Hell, even the script had one of the actor's, Curtis Armstrong's, assistant in tears because she couldn't make heads or tails of it. Which is why he joined the project in the first place. If you've seen it, and didn't like it, please give it another chance! Just remember, Donnie Darko wasn't as good the first time around as the second! Thank you and enjoy!