Too long and annoyingly goofy

Nick Cassavetes’ slick adaptation certainly maintains the book’s mix of lurid incident and pontificating pretentiousness — albeit without the kind of intensity that might have made this far-fetched story credible, or the atmospheric style that might’ve pulled it off as a fevered nightmare à la David Lynch instead.

Dennis Harvey

Variety

This exercise in brutal nihilism ultimately proves as empty as the inane philosophy that provides the film its title.

Frank Scheck

The Hollywood Reporter

The resolute commitment to finding tiny sparks of hope in a pitch-black cosmos yields its own bitter and oddly warming reward.

Richard Whittaker

Austin Chronicle