What makes Gerry worth watching is in how it perfectly captures what it’s like to get lost in the wilderness.

| Aug 19, 2022

A difficult, demanding sit, but it wouldn't have been nearly as fascinating and rewarding a film if it weren't.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 5, 2010

| Original Score: 1/5 | Nov 20, 2008

The two stars...[Casey Affleck and Matt Damon]...both playing characters named Gerry, wander across the desert for some reason, and if you enjoy watching them on any pretext, you'll probably enjoy this; if you don't, you won't.

| Apr 11, 2008

Gerry, in all ways, is a film geek film. Not for mass consumption, perhaps, but nonetheless a potent expression for those that like this sort of thing.

| Original Score: B+ | Jun 21, 2007

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 30, 2006

Likely to sharply divide critics, Gerry goes back to his indie roots with a minimalist work that carries itself almost entirely through the awesome yet austere visuals and sounds.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 31, 2006

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 6, 2005

Absolutely transfixing at one moment and unbearably boring the next.

| Original Score: B+ | May 3, 2005

Although the images from the film are poetic and are more fondly recalled in hindsight, in this case art film for art film's sake doesn't fly very high.

| Apr 21, 2004

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 21, 2004

Hiking for Godot: Van Sant's existential Blair Witch Project's daemon lurks within.

| Original Score: 84/100 | Jan 30, 2004

Gerry proposes simplicity; even the most capsulated descriptions of it are dubious.

| Jan 5, 2004

Nothing special to show at the end for this existential trip to nowhere.

| Original Score: C | Nov 19, 2003

Are these guys as smart as they sound or as dumb as they act?

| Original Score: 4/10 | Nov 18, 2003

The picture can be read as a warning about the perils of improvisation -- a neat joke given how fruitful that method proves here.

| Oct 7, 2003

One of those films that are better in hindsight - you won't forget the scenery and the torture of enduring it. See it if you're a masochist, don't bother if you're not.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 21, 2003

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 30, 2003

Mesmerising, daring and defiantly leftfield.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 29, 2003

You have to stay with Gerry, which starts out as a willful stunt, turns into a sadistic endurance test and ends up as something surprisingly affable and engaging.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 16, 2003