A film that often lacks subtlety in its execution despite the performances and impressive make-up craft.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A film that often lacks subtlety in its execution despite the performances and impressive make-up craft.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Jarring and unsettling at times, this is a cut above most film debuts, for director and star.

~ Paul Griffiths -

Jarring and unsettling at times, this is a cut above most film debuts, for director and star.

~ Paul Griffiths -

Ramsey is likely to emerge as one of the standout talents of her generation.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Ramsey is likely to emerge as one of the standout talents of her generation.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Mainstream audiences may hate and critics may debate, but Synecdoche is a work of unmitigated, undisciplined genius.

~ The Exile -

Mainstream audiences may hate and critics may debate, but Synecdoche is a work of unmitigated, undisciplined genius.

~ The Exile -

The nostalgic delight of this movie is due partly to Santo Loquasto's production design and Laura Cunningham Bauer's costumes, both of which are outstanding.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The nostalgic delight of this movie is due partly to Santo Loquasto's production design and Laura Cunningham Bauer's costumes, both of which are outstanding.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

It lacks the energy and precision vital to any journalistic investigation, and especially to one taking place under this kind of pressure.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It lacks the energy and precision vital to any journalistic investigation, and especially to one taking place under this kind of pressure.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A hauntingly beautiful piece of cinema.

~ Anton Bitel -

The facts are twisted out of recognition.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The facts are twisted out of recognition.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

For a slow film, there is too much plot.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

For a slow film, there is too much plot.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Flashy future technology and architecture has been cleverly interwoven with the familiar, even the old-fashioned, to create a world which we can believe is not too far away from our own.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Flashy future technology and architecture has been cleverly interwoven with the familiar, even the old-fashioned, to create a world which we can believe is not too far away from our own.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The glorious sight of a flying nun, an image Korine has said was one of his inspirations for the film, is both a moving and a joyous one.

~ Paul Griffiths -

The glorious sight of a flying nun, an image Korine has said was one of his inspirations for the film, is both a moving and a joyous one.

~ Paul Griffiths -

There is no escaping the weightiness of the subject matter and Movermann treats it with the necessary respect, but he also shows evidence of a lighter touch, which helps to alleviate the pathos and prevents the film sliding into melodrama.

~ Adam Micklethwaite -

There is no escaping the weightiness of the subject matter and Movermann treats it with the necessary respect, but he also shows evidence of a lighter touch, which helps to alleviate the pathos and prevents the film sliding into melodrama.

~ Adam Micklethwaite -

Excellent acting alone can’t stop the nagging suspicion that things are being grossly simplified.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Excellent acting alone can’t stop the nagging suspicion that things are being grossly simplified.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Plotless, fluffy, pseudo-sentimental rubbish.

~ Kotleta -

Plotless, fluffy, pseudo-sentimental rubbish.

~ Kotleta -

Morton continues to show her acting talents with a substantial - if not substantial enough - role and Malkovitch is an adequate counter balance to the very considerable presence of Depp.

~ Chris -

Morton continues to show her acting talents with a substantial - if not substantial enough - role and Malkovitch is an adequate counter balance to the very considerable presence of Depp.

~ Chris -

Action moves at a pleasing zip with an early fight scene setting the tone with spectacle but no wall-of-noise aggression.

~ Sophie Monks Kaufman -

Action moves at a pleasing zip with an early fight scene setting the tone with spectacle but no wall-of-noise aggression.

~ Sophie Monks Kaufman -

What makes Jesus' Son uniquely different from the neo-realistic traditions of waste and degradation movies is its ability to avoid cliché, as well as its skewed, end-of-the-line humour.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

What makes Jesus' Son uniquely different from the neo-realistic traditions of waste and degradation movies is its ability to avoid cliché, as well as its skewed, end-of-the-line humour.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

There is meat and crunch and intelligent plotline.

~ Jane Fae -

There is meat and crunch and intelligent plotline.

~ Jane Fae -

When Liz dons her breast plate and rallies the troops at Tilbury, you'll want to put down your paella and rush out and sink a few Spanish ships yourself.

~ Tony Sullivan -

When Liz dons her breast plate and rallies the troops at Tilbury, you'll want to put down your paella and rush out and sink a few Spanish ships yourself.

~ Tony Sullivan -

Linstrom ends so inadequately you want to scream.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Linstrom ends so inadequately you want to scream.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

While Pattinson is to be commended for taking on such an un-commercial vehicle - to which he definitely does no disservice - it all seems a bit too calculated, more posturing than penetrating.

~ David Graham -

While Pattinson is to be commended for taking on such an un-commercial vehicle - to which he definitely does no disservice - it all seems a bit too calculated, more posturing than penetrating.

~ David Graham -

Only 15 minutes into this instant classic I thought ‘this is a bloody masterpiece’.

~ Dylan Matthew -

Only 15 minutes into this instant classic I thought ‘this is a bloody masterpiece’.

~ Dylan Matthew -

As much as 2073 mentions things, it digs no further.

~ Andrew Robertson -

As much as 2073 mentions things, it digs no further.

~ Andrew Robertson -