Dead Man’s Wire' Review: A Delightfully Gonzo Bill Skarsgård Leads Gus Van Sant’s Best Movie in Ages

Dead Man's Wire' is a welcome return for Gus Van Sant, thanks largely to a delightfully gonzo performance from Bill Skarsgård ...

‘Dead Man’s Wire’ Review: When the Action Is Razor Thin

For “Dead Man’s Wire,” Gus Van Sant appears to have proceeded from the notion that somebody ought to make a 1970s-style crime ...

'Dead Man's Wire' review: Gus Van Sant's burn-it-all-down crime film has sympathy for the kidnapper

Bill Skarsgård stars as an aggrieved antihero who takes his mortgage broker hostage in a pleasingly punchy ‘70s throwback ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘Dead Man’s Wire’ Review: Bill Skarsgard Does His Strongest Work to Date in Gus Van Sant’s Stylish and Gripping ’70s Throwback

A regular American screwed over by bloodsucking moneymen strikes back in this fact-based crime thriller, also starring Dacre Montgomery, Colman Domingo and Al Pacino. By David Rooney Chief Film Critic ...
Variety

‘Dead Man’s Wire’ Review: Gus Van Sant and Bill Skarsgård Turn a Freak Hostage Incident from 1977 Into a Miniature ‘Dog Day Afternoon’

The movie totally plays in a hair-trigger way, yet one can question how Van Sant has tweaked the facts. Over time, awareness of this very 1970s incident fell by the wayside, but in 2022 Jon Hamm ...
Deadline.com

‘Dead Man’s Wire’ Review: Bill Skarsgård In Gus Van Sant’s True Story That Luigi Mangione Might Like – Venice Film Festival

Gus Van Sant returns to the Venice Film Festival for the first time in more than 30 years with an out of competition entry Dead Man’s Wire, which literally looks ripped from the headlines. That is ...