This is a huge step in the right direction for David Gordon Green who has dipped after his last few films, but Prince Avalanche is a pretty good film right out of the Richard Linklater playbook.

| Aug 16, 2024

A surprisingly touching display of male bonding between two characters with whom Green is clearly fascinated, yet doesn’t need to explore beyond their simplicity.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 30, 2022

A tightly made film that has heart and humor...

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 24, 2022

David Gordon Green adapts Hafsteinn Gunnar Siguroson's Icelandic comedy Either Way, featuring two of my favorite bromance guys...

| Jun 18, 2020

[Goes] for the philosophical jugular with fresh, easy performances and refreshing storytelling that strip emotions and life to their barest, clearing the way for an offbeat and methodically entertaining movie-going experience.

| Nov 27, 2019

Prince Avalanche has fair performances and its relaxed direction may appease fans for Gordon Green's dramatic features, signaling the return of mature filmmaking.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 21, 2019

In his latest film, Prince Avalanche, Green returns to the poetic landscape of Real Girls and his debut George Washington, while injecting some of the bromance ejaculate that have spiked the testosterone levels of his recent films.

| Original Score: 3.2/5 | Nov 19, 2019

A bromance-of-sorts that marches to an entirely different drum, Prince Avalanche has an organic, contemplative aura that proves an edifying tonic to the endless chest-beating that has become Hollywood's shorthand for the entire male experience.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 23, 2019

Movies don't get much quirkier than Prince Avalanche, a picture that's every bit as odd as its title, which I still don't get even after seeing the movie. Not that it matters. I did get the movie (I think), and grew to like it by the time it was over.

| Aug 7, 2019

Prince Avalanche certainly seems like a step in the right direction, but it's too light and forgettable to really make any impact.

| Original Score: 6.2/10 | Jun 29, 2019

It feels as though Gordon Green was never entirely sure what type of film he wanted to make, and so it remains something of an enigma; interesting and engaging, if never quite fulfilling

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 5, 2019

Prince Avalanche would have made a fantastic short film, but as a feature, my only critique is that it seemed to drag a bit.

| Mar 1, 2019

One of Prince Avalanche's central problems comes from the contrast of David Wingo's ethereal, overly weighty score, which seems to attempt to elevate the bromance humour to a more profound level.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 23, 2018

Prince Avalanche has the pristine integrity of a movie that knows exactly what it wants to be -- and doesn't worry whether many or any will be eager to jump aboard.

| Original Score: B- | Nov 29, 2017

There's almost no plot and just two other minor characters but Prince Avalanche is a haunting, eccentric and ultimately touching little curio.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 6, 2017

(Director David Gordon) Green combines the comic warmth and buddy film fun of Pineapple Express with the more laconic, musing quality of his early regional indies for a modest short story of a character piece.

| Aug 4, 2017

This isn't a film; it's a one-act high-school play. Feel free to leave Prince Avalanche flailing in the wilderness.

| Original Score: 0.5/5 | Jan 9, 2017

With beautiful and interesting cinematography Prince Avalanche manages to put you out in the middle of nowhere with Alvin and Lance and their dysfunctional relationship.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 16, 2016

There's some terrific stuff going on here, its minimalist bent and gorgeous photography combining to form a quietly immense dramedy that should age very well.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 16, 2016

For those who've come for the juvenile humor, the film has very little to offer. Unfortunately, there is nothing particularly moving or substantive, either.

| Oct 8, 2015