Overall, this is frustrating arthouse stuff and Mister Lonely is unlikely to find any friends at Britain’s multiplexes.
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03/14/08
Mister Lonely (2008)
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Reviews Counted:68
Fresh:31
Rotten:37
Average Rating:5.3/10
Consensus: Less biting or offensive than Korine's earlier works, this frustratingly dull film still maintains the director's trademark odd beauty.
Theatrical Release:14-03-2008
Synopsis: After the success of indies GUMMO and JULIEN DONKEY-BOY in the late 1990s, writer-director Harmony Korine's follow-up is this dramedy. Diego Luna (Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN) stars as a Michael Jackson... [More]
Starring: Diego Luna, Samantha Morton, Denis Lavant, James Fox
Director: Harmony Korine
Reviews for Mister Lonely
Beautiful, grotesque, dancing always to their own rhythms.
03/14/08
Top CriticHarmony Korine's new film is a whimsical, lazily conceived tragicomedy about lookalike impersonators, and it is so pointless and irritating that after a while I literally found it difficult to breathe.
03/14/08
Top CriticMister Lonely is an exercise in transformation, both on and off the screen. Korine has shed his Dogme 95 skin but what kind of filmmaker emerges is not exactly clear.
03/14/08
Top CriticSurreal, whimsical comedy about an island commune of impersonators.
03/14/08
Top CriticKorine comes back strong with an affected but intermittently affecting curio featuring the pseudo-starriest line-up you’ll ever see. Flying nuns on BMX bikes will be a leap of faith for many, but the wild black laughs keep things grounded.
03/14/08
Too long, not nearly as funny as it hopes, and some plot elements (what’s with the sheep?) are extraneous to the improvised mood.
03/14/08
Top CriticEight years before another Harmony Korine film is not a bad prospect.
03/14/08
It's an endearing enough idea but the film's dark side undermines the charming set-up.
03/14/08
Top CriticIn a choice between traditional and safe and experimental and flawed, opt for the latter every time.
03/12/08
It's probably impossible to ever really understand what [Korine] is on about, but there are some accomplished sequences and terrific performances along the way.
11/17/07
Enjoyably weird drama from Harmony Korine with superb performances and a typically brilliant appearance from Werner Herzog.
10/27/07
A love story that also serves as a reflection on identity, blind faith and individuality.
05/24/07
Curdles into fanciful obscurantism
08/26/09
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10/18/08
It’s movies like this that the art house was made for.
08/07/08
A bore.
08/03/08
The film, more ant farm than movie, seems like a lazy effort from a talent who has lost his edge.
06/25/08
This film may be Korine's most accessible as a director, featuring characters, images, and situations that are stirring and unforgettable -- even if they don't add up to a complete narrative or visual whole.
06/06/08
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