Country Gold, with all its simplicity and overt homages, never feels boring. Reece seems invested in innovation.

| May 6, 2023

Country Gold is a cozy, easy way to get to know two characters inside and out.

| Original Score: 8.0/10 | Apr 19, 2023

Reece’s ideas don’t always fit together neatly, but by gosh he has a lot of them. It’s a treat to watch him play.

| Apr 11, 2023

The work that Mickey Reece and his collaborators do makes independent cinema a richer and more interesting place.

| Apr 11, 2023

Country Gold unpeels what it means to be immortal and questions the power of art and symbols in culture.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Apr 8, 2023

Gold can be seen as little more than an attenuated goof. Still, it’s a diverting, accomplished goof.

| Apr 4, 2023

The snotty dismissiveness with which it treats country music ultimately overwhelms its intriguing qualities.

| Apr 4, 2023

For all its formal playfulness, the film never loses its grip on the interior lives to its characters.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 3, 2023

The fame-corrupts-the-innocent plot is an elaborate send-up, as is just about everything in the film, which hovers somewhere between a surreal Christopher Guest mockumentary and Hal Hartley’s deadpan irony.

| Mar 22, 2023

Finding its own offbeat rhythm, this soulful if self-indulgent satire about fame and the artistic process is deliberately paced yet rewards patience.

| Mar 17, 2023

There simply aren’t many films like Country Gold being made today, and while the tone may not work for some viewers, Reece has nevertheless created a madcap slice of independent cinema.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 13, 2023

<i>Country Gold</i> isn't without its fair share of problems, but it still warrants a positive rating and review not only because it’s so interesting and different, but because it is a solid expression of the filmmaker’s unique voice.

| Oct 2, 2022

Country Gold has a wild, fascinating kick, a movie that has the sensitivity of a liquor-drenched ballad, but has the What if? of science fiction as its North star.

| Sep 26, 2022

For a film with almost no special effects, save a final scene too wild to spoil, Country Gold's ability to deliver a message and maintain a hilarious tone throughout makes it one of the most satisfying movies of 2022.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Sep 26, 2022

Country Gold is a bit of a departure for Mickey Reece, but he’s always been a filmmaker willing to take chances and stretch himself.

| Sep 25, 2022

The sheer gutsiness of doing a film like this about a pseudo-subject who’s still alive, especially given the strange places this shaggy-dog story goes, makes it worth a look by itself.

| Aug 6, 2022

Shot in lush black and white with a depth and tonality which makes every frame look worthy of becoming an art print.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 3, 2022

COUNTRY GOLD is a hit. It's a lighthearted “good ol’ boy” comedy filled with an oddball chaos that lightly covers an interest in the big questions about an artist’s lot in life and what really matters to the artist’s soul.

| Aug 3, 2022

What’s potentially entrancing about Country Gold is that it transcends the ordinary, crafting a fanciful new reality where anything could happen — sadly, though, not enough worthwhile does.

| Aug 2, 2022

Country Gold dreams big, but the result is a muddled mash-up of genres that never focuses enough on one idea to fully engage its audience.

| Aug 1, 2022