Consuming Spirits
"DIA" Productions GmbH & Co. KG | Release Date: December 12, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
81
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsJan 25, 2013
Dense like a detailed graphic novel in the Chris Ware or R. Crumb vein, but a real movie in every way, Consuming Spirits is a strange and wormy accomplishment, the sort of personal epic only the most obsessive of cinematic madmen undertake, let alone complete. Read full review
100
The New York TimesA.O. ScottDec 12, 2012
It is a work of obsessive artisanal discipline and unfettered artistic vision. You have never seen anything like it. Read full review
100
Slant MagazineDec 10, 2012
Not only a monstrous visual achievement, but one of the most uniquely humanistic animated features of all time. Read full review
90
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinApr 11, 2013
With its startling mix of 16-millimeter-shot, handmade animation styles using stop-motion, sketches, collages and models, along with uncensored characters often resembling cadaverous marionettes, this twisted look at life in a faded Appalachian town is one decidedly idiosyncratic ride. Read full review
90
NPRIan BuckwalterDec 13, 2012
In a story built on ugly secrets and lifetimes of terrible events, small moments of beauty and redemption sneak through - proving that sometimes utilizing those bitter remnants of charred memories can prove more fruitful than Earl Gray thought. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeDec 12, 2012
Though certainly not for everyone (and not for kids of any age), the regret-tinged film displays a distinctive voice and will be embraced by devotees of offbeat animation. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesOmer M. MozaffarJan 24, 2013
A slice-of-life film like you have not seen. It is the story of people in a small ordinary town, knowing nothing but their ordinary affairs, revealing their sins and crimes with an ordinary negligence. Read full review
75
New York PostFarran Smith NehmeDec 13, 2012
Not everyone will be in tune with the movie's sick sense of humor, although it's sometimes hilarious. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonDec 12, 2012
The connections and the meaning aren't immediately apparent, and viewers are given plenty of time to find their own patterns and invent their own associations. Then, in its final half-hour, it pulls all the threads together, and a breathtaking bigger picture finally comes into focus. Read full review
70
VarietyBoyd van HoeijDec 12, 2012
This labor of love from do-it-all animator Chris Sullivan has the same rough-edged, cantankerous charms as the characters that populate it. Narrative alone is too uneven to captivate fully for the picture's two-hour-plus duration, though there's so much to see that "Spirits" should nonetheless prove a draw for adult audiences. Read full review
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