Hotel
Gallery Motion Pictures | Release Date: July 25, 2003 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
5
Negative:
5
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
Though finally overwhelmed by a preening lassitude, Hotel is never less than fascinating. Read full review
75
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Figgis still deserves credit for taking more artistic chances than a dozen ordinary directors. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Most audiences will find it baffling and unsatisfactory. Those who are open to its flywheel peculiarities may find it bold, funny, peculiar and delightful. Read full review
70
L.A. WeeklyScott Foundas
Surprisingly enjoyable, even if you'd hesitate to call it a complete success. Indeed, Figgis expects you to sit back and roll with the pleasurable moments. Read full review
70
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
If you're ready to roll with Hotel and take what it gives you, there's some rich entertainment here. Read full review
63
New York PostJonathan Foreman
Long stretches of Mike Figgis' film are jaw-droppingly pretentious or painfully dull... Nevertheless, there are clever, funny, erotic and visually beautiful moments scattered throughout the film. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneRobert K. Elder
Hotel might be best described as the art-house version of "Cannonball Run." Read full review
50
VarietyDavid Stratton
Though Hotel has brilliant moments, and an energetic first half, it falls away badly in the later stages. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
Until he finds a style to better communicate ideas or emotions, Figgis' plans to reinvent cinema will have to go back to the drawing board. Read full review
40
Village VoiceLaura Sinagra
As usual, Figgis coaxes moon-shooting performances, but all the furious improv lacks any sort of map. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
A train wreck of a film whose chaotic, partly improvised story and too-tricky mix of film stocks, image sizes, split-screen effects and color/B&W footage overwhelm some phenomenally beautiful sequences and a memorable performance by Saffron Burroughs. Read full review
38
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Much talking, much sex, much to-do about nothing. Read full review
30
Film ThreatRich Cline
Despite the bits that work brilliantly, the movie as a whole really only works as an experimental curiosity. Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Like Robert Altman's "M*A*S*H" this has a banquet scene posed like The Last Supper, but the basic idea--toothless satire trimming a dull star party--reminded me more of "Ready to Wear." Read full review
30
Washington PostDesson Thomson
An ambitious, experimental mess of a movie in search of something more profound. Read full review
20
Los Angeles TimesManohla Dargis
Figgis certainly was after something different, but like "Timecode," in which four linked stories unwind in separate panels, Hotel proves to be a fundamentally insipid bid at experimental narrative. Read full review
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