A refreshing and dryly-hilarious glimpse into life at a certain time in a certain place, Fort Tilden brilliantly captures the “struggles” of two women who are uncertain of their roles in life.

| Aug 2, 2023

What begins in the shallow end of the story pool ends in the deep end, showing empathy for characters who, themselves, have little of that virtue.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 3, 2021

The simplicity and relatability of the premise allows the comedy to take center stage, with Clare McNulty and Bridey Elliot perfectly executing their Brooklynite alter egos.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 16, 2019

The existential crises of the young, privileged, bored, white, female, and loathsome are blisteringly sent up in this freakin' hilarious, stubbornly unsentimental, NYC-set comedy

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 14, 2019

The film may make a great case why the shouting man might not be wrong, but it also suggests these kids are alright.

| Nov 20, 2018

A movie that turns a trip to the beach into a cruel metaphor about maturity without losing its sense of humor. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 29, 2016

[An] unpleasant, unfunny experience with nothing fresh or insightful to say.

| Original Score: C | Feb 21, 2016

Fort Tilden is all the hipster satire you can handle, and maybe more.

Full Review | Nov 10, 2015

Initially, you may want to skip Allie and Harper, but they get steadily more interesting as their frazzled road trip inches them ever closer to the beach.

| Aug 25, 2015

Tucked in among the longueurs are moments of savage satirical virtuosity that pinion the zeitgeist.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 21, 2015

There's just enough sympathetic vibration in these two to keep us hooked on their bizarre, rambling quest.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 20, 2015

A story with a distinctive New York sensibility, filled with all kinds of strange urban creatures who are variously self-involved, superficial, rude and/or downright nasty.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 20, 2015

These characters aren't just unprepared for the beach, but for adult life, which makes for a complicated, surprisingly bittersweet comedy.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 20, 2015

Fort Tilden's quite charming, though filmmakers Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers never let their charmless subjects... gain too much of their audience's sympathy.

| Original Score: 7.6/10 | Aug 19, 2015

I spent a lot of time throughout the duration of this film actively hating the two lead characters... However, there is a skill behind the camera and a self-awareness in the script that carries the more frustrating aspects.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Aug 17, 2015

Elliot and McNulty take being vapid to new and fascinating levels.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 14, 2015

Wickedly amusing, Fort Tilden is like a darkly comic adaptation of those hand-wringing articles about how millennials are so coddled they can't hack it in the real world.

| Aug 14, 2015

With "Fort Tilden," writer-directors Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers have created two women who are drawn so vividly and so viciously, they're hard to dismiss.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 14, 2015

The leads, Bridey Elliott and Clare McNulty, immediately bond on screen selling themselves credibly as best friends. And their amusing and telling banter contains a colorful shorthand that most anyone with a best friend will immediately pick up on.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Aug 14, 2015

"Fort Tilden" is cringe-worthy but true. Maybe that's why it's so uncomfortable to watch.

| Aug 13, 2015