▁d aring ▁enough ▁to ▁do ." ▁ ▁Hor ror ▁st ap le ▁magazine ▁F ang oria ▁found ▁Cold water ▁to ▁be ▁" a ▁satisfying , ▁last ing , ▁and ▁ch illing ▁experience ." ▁ ▁Even ▁the ▁rev iewer ▁for ▁the ▁polit ically ▁conserv ative ▁World ▁News ▁Mag ▁wrote : ▁" Th ink ▁C ool ▁Hand ▁Luke ▁meets ▁P ulp ▁F iction , ▁with ▁a ▁touch ▁of ▁The ▁Shaw sh ank ▁Red em ption ▁thrown ▁in . ▁If ▁these ▁compar isons ▁sound ▁dismiss ive , ▁I ▁don ' t ▁mean ▁them ▁to ▁be . ▁I ▁consider ▁all ▁three ▁of ▁these ▁mov ies ▁to ▁be ▁excellent , ▁and ▁Cold water ▁deser ves ▁to ▁be ▁mentioned ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁sentence ." ▁ ▁Screen ▁An archy ▁published ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁few ▁negative ▁reviews , ▁finding ▁the ▁script ▁" a ▁bit ▁too ▁self - cons cious ▁of ▁its ▁own ▁moral ▁out rage ," ▁and ▁l ament ing ▁the ▁film ' s ▁" appe als ▁to ▁raw ▁em otion ▁and ▁vis cer al ▁dis com fort ." ▁ ▁The ▁rev iewer ▁war ns ▁that ▁" C old water ▁ins ists ▁on ▁r atch eting ▁all ▁engines ▁to ▁ 1 1 ▁from ▁the ▁word ▁go ," ▁and ▁that ▁" Gr ash aw ▁and ▁Pen ney ▁seem ▁convinced ▁that ▁the ▁only ▁way ▁to ▁truly ▁make ▁the ▁critic isms ▁in ▁Cold water ▁reson ate ▁is ▁to ▁contin ually ▁up ▁the ▁ante , ▁resulting ▁in ▁a ▁kind ▁of ▁them atic ▁assault ▁that ▁leaves ▁the ▁audience ▁cold ." ▁ ▁France ▁ ▁Cold water ▁received