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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Slant MagazineMark HansonSlant MagazineMark HansonTaurus is in the business of self-aggrandizement, but this is a film that understands that stardom is inherently aggrandizing.
- 67IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichThe warts-and-all honesty that Baker brings to the table doesn’t prevent Sutton from repackaging his story as a simple cautionary tale about an industry — and a society — that will fatten people up just to eat them alive. At least it’s a tale that Baker lived to tell, and refused to let anyone else tell for him.
- 50Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreWhat it’s not very good at getting across is the source of the pain, the disaffection that drives our anti-hero’s excesses or his art.
- 50Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayLos Angeles TimesNoel MurrayAt its best, Taurus captures the tumult of the artistic process, where happy accidents and unpleasant truths are perpetually in conflict.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterAngie HanThe Hollywood ReporterAngie HanWhile Taurus does eventually get around to making a point — something about how the toxic combination of fame, addiction, and the music biz can destroy a young talent — it feels for most of its 98-minute run time like a plotless meander through one dude’s very awful week
- 40Screen DailyLee MarshallScreen DailyLee MarshallWith its uneasy and never-resolved conflict of interest between music star vehicle and music star drama and its lack of much at all to say about life, music or the creative process, Taurus ain’t rising anytime soon.
- 38RogerEbert.comKatie RifeRogerEbert.comKatie RifeTaurus isn’t meant to lionize its protagonist. But even in offering a cautionary tale, all it can deliver is shallow provocation and monotonous cliché.
- 30Screen RantFerdosa AbdiScreen RantFerdosa AbdiTaurus plays like a personal project, but that doesn’t make it good. However, Baker should take pride in knowing he has a future in acting; he just needs to pick better projects.