Reception
Go was released to critical acclaim. The film received a 92% "fresh" rating from Rotten Tomatoes (83% from the Cream of the Crop). Many critics generally found Go's fast pace and light-hearted feel appealing. The film made a profit at the box office, grossing $28.4 million worldwide against a $6.5 million budget.
Because of its irreverent and frequently off-topic dialogue, fast pace, rapidly changing point of view, and achronological format, the film is generally categorized as one of many movies of varying quality that attempted to capture the same style of Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction. Leonard Maltin, who disliked the film, said that Go came off as a "junior Pulp Fiction." However, unlike many of the films in the subgenre, the comparisons were mostly favorable, with Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times stating that "Go is an entertaining, clever black comedy that takes place entirely in Tarantino-land."
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