God Told Me To
1976
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Cast & Crew
Det.Lt. Peter J. Nicholas NYPD Homicide
Martha Nicholas
Bernard Phillips
Casey Forster, Peter's Mistress
Elizabeth Mullin
Everett Lukas, Science Editor for Daily Star
Critic Reviews for God Told Me To
All Critics (11) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (8) | Rotten (3)
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Intriguing but exasperatingly uneven.
January 31, 2006 | Rating: B | Full Review… -
There were times when I thought the projectionist was showing the reels in random order, as a quiet joke on the hapless audience.
October 23, 2004 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review… -
...whoof, I could not care less about the explanation we get, it's almost calculated to repel my interest and make the whole theological aspect of the drama seem pointless.
June 30, 2020 | Full Review… -
There's an underlying satire that isn't only comedy- it's brutal, seething, horrific blasphemy. And it's intoxicating.
May 3, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… -
Here the machinery of divine intervention is taken for a freaky secular spin via the familiar cinematic modes of urban realism and even science fiction, and a detective mystery becomes a mystery rite.
August 3, 2015 | Full Review… -
Possibly the Cohen joint that brims with the most all-pervasive invention and danger
November 19, 2010 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for God Told Me To
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May 14, 2018A very strange and always intriguing combination of detective crime drama and supernatural horror that must have inspired David Cronenberg with his films and would later be the stuff of films like Angel Heart, with an ending so bizarre that it should be remembered for its audacity.Carlos M Super Reviewer
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Oct 17, 2014Larry Cohen might not be the most sophisticated filmmaker but he is one of the most unbridled in terms of the inherent lunacy of New York. In the harrowingly scary 'God Told Me To', a sniper shoots bystanders from a water tower and Tony Lo Bianco is nonplused to unearth that the culprit committed the heinous in the name of God. Richard Lynch is photographed in a fluorescent halo that gives him both a messianic aura and an otherworldly glow. He is a genuinely galvanizing figure in a furnace room scene where Lo Bianco is unscathed during an uncontrollable fire. Somehow the vise grip wreathes the viewers with an enigmatic angle with Lo Bianco's inquiry over immaculate conception and the second coming of a Christ-like figure. The crisis-of-faith storyline overrides the brainwashing horror but 'God Told Me To' is a crazily ambitious gem in Cohen's forte.Cory T Super Reviewer
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Oct 23, 2012It's an interesting story that works for the most part. The mistery is nice at first, has some disturbing imaginary on a couple of scenes and one or two neat twists but are a bit forced and predictable. Technically, it's a horrible movie to look at with an atrocious camera work and unconvicing soundtrack. Passable.Francisco G Super Reviewer
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May 11, 2011I can't honestly say I enjoyed this, not entirely anyways. It had a few good moments in it, but not enough to warrant repeated viewings. It started out ok, with everybody getting shot at random...it was actually quite comical. :) I'm still confused on the whole God/Alien/Supreme Being device in the plot, but oh well. It was an interesting attempt anyway.Tim S Super Reviewer
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