In My Room
Pandora Film Verleih | Release Date: October 11, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
84
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
91
The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloOct 9, 2019
Written and directed by Ulrich Köhler (and co-produced by Köhler’s romantic partner, Maren Ade, a superb filmmaker in her own right), this droll yet poignant amalgam of the fantastic and the mundane ultimately suggests that while people can dramatically alter their behavior in response to extreme circumstances, on some fundamental level they don’t really change. Read full review
91
The Film StageRory O'ConnorSep 30, 2019
In My Room is not so much about loss, but self-discovery. Read full review
90
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisOct 10, 2019
Abetted by Patrick Orth’s careful, almost obsessively calm camerawork, Köhler has concocted an uncommonly subtle and deliberately ambiguous work, one that’s delicately rewarding, if you meet it halfway. Read full review
90
VarietyGuy LodgeSep 25, 2019
In My Room presents and accepts its partial apocalypse with unquestioning calm — an extreme contrivance that merely enables an elegant, exacting character study. Read full review
90
Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangSep 25, 2019
As signaled by the hilarious visual gag that opens the story, In My Room is a mysterious and surprising movie about the frustration of the unseen and the poignancy of paths not taken. Read full review
88
RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsOct 11, 2019
Others may find In My Room to be a small gem thanks to Köhler’s eye for small details. He’s a keen image-maker; Armin’s story also resonates thanks to Köhler’s ear for naturalistic dialogue and novelistic detail, both of which serve the movie’s episodic narrative. Read full review
65
Film Threat Chris SalceSep 25, 2019
In My Room has a The Last Man on Earth and The Walking Dead feel (don’t expect zombies) and definitely has some surprises. Do all the surprises work? No. But most do and that works. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineCarson LundSep 25, 2019
In My Room often exhibits an interest only in the accruing of incidents, giving it a this-happens-then-this-happens quality that defiantly eschews psychological shading. Read full review
60
Screen DailyWendy IdeSep 25, 2019
Armin seems to get less interesting as a character rather than more as his quest for survival takes priority. Ultimately you wonder whether, dramatically speaking, it was worth wiping out a planet full of people just so that one useless bloke could finally get his act together. Read full review
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