Holy Motors

Released Oct 17, 2012

1h 56m

Fantasy

Drama

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92%

195 Reviews

Tomatometer

71%

10,000+ Ratings

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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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Critics Consensus

Mesmerizingly strange and willfully perverse, Holy Motors offers an unforgettable visual feast alongside a spellbinding -- albeit unapologetically challenging -- narrative.

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Jerod S

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.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/21/24

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Holy motors was a surreal experience, much different than anything else I’ve seen. Very original movie that I’d recommend to anyone who enjoys weird, foreign language films. Not quite 5 stars because it did drag on just a bit.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/12/23

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Gbor G

Twisted, in a good way.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/23/24

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Toby B

It's a perfect visual, textural, emotional experience. Funny and evocative and great. What movies should be.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/27/22

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allen h

Weird. Sucks you in. Don't know that it's good but it is interesting

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

So this is supposedly an ode to cinema, and each vignette is done in a different style or genre. But, to be honest, I almost missed that while watching it, because it is just so completely bonkers. On the other hand, it doesn’t feel weird just for the sake of being weird. It is absolutely mad, but you have to admire Carax’ vision, and the ability (willingness?) of Denis Lavant to wholeheartedly inhabit that vision.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/11/23

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Leos Carax

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Denis Lavant

Mr. Oscar

Edith Scob

Céline

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Kay M

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Robert Levin

Newsday

You'll either run with it or you won't, but you can be sure you've never seen anything quite like it.

Rated: 3/4

Apr 29, 2020

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Ginette Vincendeau

Sight & Sound

The film makes up for... lapses with dazzling moments.

Apr 29, 2020

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Mick LaSalle

San Francisco Chronicle

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.

Rated: 3/4

Apr 28, 2020

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Keith Garlington

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If characters and plot are important ingredients for you, then you’ll probably start checking out before the halfway mark.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 21, 2022

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Taylor Baker

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Rated: 94/100

Sep 14, 2021

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Jason Adams

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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.

Rated: A

Jul 6, 2021

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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: Maurice Tinchant
Screenwriter: Leos Carax
Distributor: Indomina
Production Co: Pandora Filmproduktion, Pierre Grise Productions, arte France Cinéma, Théo Films, WDR/Arte
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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