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Metascore
5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThe New York TimesNeil GenzlingerA riveting piece of work full of unpleasant characters whom you're glad you've met but never want to see again.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckPrimarily an actors' showcase, it does at least provide the opportunity for the virtuosic John Ventimiglia (The Sopranos) to strut his stuff in a well-deserved leading role.
- 50Slant MagazineGlenn Heath Jr.Slant MagazineGlenn Heath Jr.Never distinguishes itself as engaging cinema apart from the main character's vile charisma and a few dynamic dialogue sequences.
- 40Time OutDavid FearTime OutDavid FearAn adaptation of Mike Batistick's Off Broadway play, this stagy character study about immigrants living off the crumbs of the American Dream revels in cut-rate street smartness. Then comes the third act, at which point the film moves from obvious message-mongering to the beating of a post–9/11 dead horse.
- 40Village VoiceVillage VoiceNick Sandow's Ponies can claim the not negligible achievement of bringing one of the more irritatingly objectionable characters in recent cinema to the screen.