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4 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75The Film StageRory O'ConnorThe Film StageRory O'ConnorDumont’s space oddity might not always land on the right side of its jokes and provocations, but every now and then it takes the breath away.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerThe Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerLike his other recent films, this one isn’t easy to sit through, though it’s definitely original and, per custom, impeccably made. You can accuse Dumont of many things, including testing the viewer’s patience, but at least he hasn’t sold out yet and gone over to the dark side.
- 50Screen DailyJonathan RomneyScreen DailyJonathan RomneyIt is hard to decide whether Dumont is treating his genre borrowings with belittling contempt, or getting a kick out of the possibilities offered; it seems safe to assume both. And while the overall weirdness has charm and shock effect, once you’ve got over the surprise of Dumont being this flippantly outre the pleasure wears thin.
- 50VarietyJessica KiangVarietyJessica KiangDespite fun trappings . . . the actual conflict in the film boils down to a series of very simplistic binaries: good and evil, sacred and secular, female and male, one and zero, being and nothingness.