Lost Transmissions

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Lost Transmissions

2020

1h 45m

Drama

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A songwriter embarks on a quest to find her missing colleague -- a record producer who has schizophrenia.

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Lost Transmissions finds itself occasionally stranded despite solid performances from Simon Pegg and Juno temple.

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Ian Freer

Empire Magazine

Lost Transmissions is a clear-eyed view of schizophrenia, aided by a powerful Simon Pegg performance yet hamstrung by some woolly filmmaking and a whiff of pretension.

Rated: 3/5

Jun 30, 2020

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Kevin Maher

The Times (UK)

It's too much. It's cringeworthy. It's profoundly hammy. But a smarter film could have hidden it better.

Rated: 2/5

Jun 27, 2020

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Glenn Kenny

New York Times

Temple and Pegg, when their characters aren't falling apart (and even sometimes when they are), convey intelligence and mutual regard with refreshing straightforwardness.

Mar 17, 2020

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

The kind of gritty, naturalistic type of film that seldom gets made anymore.

Rated: 3.5/4.0

Sep 14, 2020

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Carla Hay

Culture Mix

[Juno] Temple and [Simon] Pegg are very talented in other movies, but watching them trying to create chemistry together that doesn't exist in Lost Transmissions is almost painful to watch.

Jul 12, 2020

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Ella Kemp

NME (New Musical Express)

The lack of attention to detail comes from a script which is more interested in its political message than in believable world-building.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 7, 2020

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john h

A psychedelic, mind-fogging trip on the basis of mental health. Simon Pegg's powerful performance proves that he is not just an actor for comedy but for all genres and Juno Temple leaves a lasting impression on her final moments on screen, beautifully portraying the path of Rubicon. It is a belief of mine that directors who stick to certain genres forever are less explorative, and directors that are called pretentious are braver in discovering more possibilities in emotional aspects and filmmaking.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

06/03/25

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Cristian s

Habría mandado al carajo a Theo en la primera media hora. Pero como la protagonista no soy yo (por suerte) y la trama continua se obtiene este drama crudo y bastante triste sobre enfermedades mentales. Buena para verla, horrible para vivirla.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/18/25

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Matt M

It's undeniably rough around the edges but I didn't really mind. The performances and handling of the subject matter were excellent.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

07/16/23

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DPC

Yet another pegg vanity project that no one has ever heard of or could care even about, can someone just tell him to stop now please

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

06/26/23

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steve d

its cast is waisted in a film that never seems to know what it wants to be.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

The movie started strong, with beautiful colour and camera work, however, as the story went on, it started to lose its way. The ending felt unfinished and lost its chance to leave a lesson or strong impression. The acting was phenomenal. I cannot think of a way for the actors to approach their characters mental illness better it's just a shame the story didn't do the same justice. Lots of potential just could have used a bit longer to create a stronger ending.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/20/23

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Synopsis

A songwriter embarks on a quest to find her missing colleague -- a record producer who has schizophrenia.

Director: Katharine O'Brien
Producer: Al Di, Olga Kagan, Tory Lenosky, Filip Jan Rymsza
Screenwriter: Katharine O'Brien
Distributor: Gravitas Ventures
Production Co: Pulse Films, Royal Road Entertainment
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 13, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 11, 2020
Runtime: 1h 45m

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