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Holy Motors

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Driven around Paris by a loyal driver (Edith Scob), a mysterious man (Denis Lavant) dresses up in costumes and plays a number of strange, semiscripted roles.
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Mesmerizingly strange and willfully perverse, Holy Motors offers an unforgettable visual feast alongside a spellbinding -- albeit unapologetically challenging -- narrative.

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Robert Levin Newsday 04/29/2020
3/4
You'll either run with it or you won't, but you can be sure you've never seen anything quite like it. Go to Full Review
Ginette Vincendeau Sight & Sound 04/29/2020
The film makes up for... lapses with dazzling moments. Go to Full Review
Mick LaSalle San Francisco Chronicle 04/28/2020
3/4
Cinema is full, life is empty. Cinema is easy, life is mysterious. Perhaps that's Carax's message. Whatever it is, he has our attention. Go to Full Review
Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies 08/21/2022
2/5
If characters and plot are important ingredients for you, then you’ll probably start checking out before the halfway mark. Go to Full Review
Taylor Baker Drink in the Movies 09/14/2021
94/100
Episode 34: Relaxer / A Scanner Darkly / The Beach Bum / Holy Motors Go to Full Review
Jason Adams My New Plaid Pants 07/06/2021
A
This is what dream-logic looks like. Holy Motors comes about as close to making me actually feel like I was inside of a dream in anything since Inland Empire. Go to Full Review
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Jack F @MovieFan111 Nov 17 Hehehe... No one knows about this movie, but I'll still review it. Very strange, especially the beginning. But hey, it's a French film. What did you expect? See more Logan D Apr 29 Over the course of 24 hourse, a man (Denis Lavant) is driven around by a limo driver and adopts many personas. There are likely several interpretations of this weird surreal film and I think several could be correct, even if they conflict. That's how odd and enigmatic it is. I took it as how many of us feel our lives are scripted with little or no control on our part. Certainly a very unique film. Recommended See more Matt C Mar 7 Unique, nutsy, desparate, surreal is life, especially when we start changing our character to match every scenario, becomes exhausting does it? Gets more extreme does it? Do you ever feel like you're being watched or simply to voyeur watching a life/style usually an exciting one. This is actually very "entertaining", though movie-people vs film-people will differ greatly (they want the simple answer presented by the end in crayon, & say: ohhh that's why haha, fart, go to bed) I can't understand bad reviews for this film. I'm a lover of a QUESTION MAKING film (as all answers people dogmatically give are bs), plus this challenges if we are doing vs watching/thinking only. See more Leaburn O 10/24/2024 Felt obvious that this would be a Cannes critics favourite. It is batshit, dark, moody and stylish. It has something to say but it’s not altogether clear what. Mainly though, it just isn’t very entertaining or enjoyable to watch. Watched on DVD. See more Pantera O 07/09/2024 "Your punishment, poor lisa, is to be you" Una obra surrealista de un hombre que tiene 9 citas diferentes, donde interpreta a diferente personas. Existencial. Poética. Sensorial. Una gran serie de metáforas, no muy claras, demaisado vagas. Por otro lado tiene una fantástica fotografía, con paidajes únicos de París, e historias interesantes, entretenidas y hasta divertidas, con buenos diálogo y reflexiones filosóficas. Una exploración del actor, a través de la vida cotidiana. Una reflexión sobre la realidad y el significado de la vida. Una película innovadora, poco convencional, pero igualmente difícil de entender y apreciar. No estoy seguro de haberla digerido bien. Ya la veré otra vez. Vale la pena. "¿Who are you?" Quien sabe si reiremos en la proxima vida. El cine te permite tener múltiples vidas. Técnica: 7.7 Expresión: 8.4 Efecto: 8.2 Experiencia: 7.0 Calificación: 7.8/10 See more Jerod S @jeroduptown 01/21/2024 Guy in a limo drives around and performs different roles around Paris. Not sure how they're connected. Not sure what the point was. Not worth trying to figure out, either. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Driven around Paris by a loyal driver (Edith Scob), a mysterious man (Denis Lavant) dresses up in costumes and plays a number of strange, semiscripted roles.
Director
Leos Carax
Producer
Martine Marignac
Screenwriter
Leos Carax
Distributor
Indomina
Production Co
Pierre Grise Productions, arte France Cinéma, WDR/Arte, Pandora Filmproduktion, Théo Films
Genre
Fantasy, Drama
Original Language
French (France)
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 17, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 6, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$641.1K
Runtime
1h 56m
Sound Mix
Dolby
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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