Wants so badly to push viewers' buttons, but struggles to reach them more often than not. full review
For all its boisterous profanity and splattery violence, the film is more of a weary sigh than a sputtering volley of indignation. full review
Add a bunch of forgettable characters (including a one-note Melissa Leo) and an ending which flirts with (but then flees from) a truly provocative climax, and you've got a project which perhaps only Rob Zombie could have made something of. full review
Red State is cleverly contrarian enough to get a rise out of almost any audience. full review