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22 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Film ThreatFilm ThreatThe film is damn near a masterpiece. Let’s hope we don’t have to wait so long to see what Korine will do next.
- 75PremiereGlenn KennyPremiereGlenn KennyWhat to make of it all? Hard to say. Just to take in the fact that its soundtrack is made up of music by both J. Spaceman and Sun City Girls is to understand that this is a picture that's divided against itself in a way that's perhaps too hermetic to be comprehended.
- 70The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottMister Lonely, self-enclosed though it may be, nonetheless demonstrates that Mr. Korine, who showed his ability to shock and repel in earlier films, also has the power to touch, to unsettle and to charm. This is undoubtedly a small movie, but it's also more than that: it's a small, imperfect world.
- 60VarietyScott FoundasVarietyScott FoundasLess outre than "Gummo" and "Julien Donkey-Boy," Korine's most lavishly produced pic to date begins as a sweet-tempered tale of social misfits-turned-celebrity impersonators, but falls short of its ambition to say something meaningful about the obsessive nature of celebrity culture.
- 50New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinI'm glad Korine has pulled himself together, but the film is pretty ramshackle, full of obvious group improvisations that fail to spark and an overdose of bathos.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceCo-written with his brother Avi, Mister Lonely is startlingly straightforward compared to his earlier work. But, like that work, it stands or falls on each single, self-contained scene.
- 42The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayHas its moments of wonder and beauty, but the film is obscure by design, and meant to appeal to those who favor the alternative canon of directing greats: the one that includes the likes of Alejandro Jodorowsky, David Lynch, Crispin Glover, John Cassavetes, Claire Denis, Abel Ferrara, and Vincent Gallo.
- 38TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxThe film is really little more than an array of sometimes imaginative images.
- 25Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanNone of the faux icons comes close to being a character. Instead, they are contrasted with a group of nuns who skydive without parachutes. Could this possibly be a metaphor for Korine's filmmaking? It certainly goes splat.
- 25New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithOccasionally there is a striking image or a moment of wounded sweetness, but mainly the film provides ample proof that it's possible to be bizarre and boring at the same time.