Lemon
Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: August 18, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
59
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Mixed or average reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
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9
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2
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyJul 14, 2017
Lemon represents a feature debut of unusual assurance and control with a style all its own. Read full review
89
Paste MagazineAndrew CrumpAug 18, 2017
It’s an endurance test where viewers pit their tolerance for naked displays of ugly masculinity against Bravo’s assured directorial chops. It’s also the best, or maybe most vital, presentation of whiteness in theaters in 2017, or for that matter the last half decade or so of pop culture. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshAug 17, 2017
In Lemon, Bravo and Gelman find a transcendent absurdity in the mundane that’s awkwardly enchanting. It’s more tart than sweet, but deliciously weird nonetheless. Read full review
80
New York Magazine (Vulture)Emily YoshidaAug 16, 2017
It’s the work of a filmmaker who has been honing her own jarring, idiosyncratic sense of rhythm and character for years. As a debut feature, it feels auspicious; as a snapshot of a masculine emergency, it feels timeless. Read full review
78
TheWrapKyle TurnerAug 10, 2017
This is a filmmaker precise in her composition and in her texture, her comedic beats reminiscent of both David Lynch and Issa Rae. Read full review
75
ConsequenceRandall ColburnAug 16, 2017
Lemon remains wholly original throughout, rendering old themes fresh with its bold perspective. It’s also incredibly funny, even when it’s dunking our heads into the darkness of the human psyche. Read full review
75
IndieWireEric KohnJul 14, 2017
Enhanced by a number of notable comedic actors entering uncharted terrain, it’s the kind of movie that makes you laugh and flinch in equal measures, and despite some messier twists, never ceases to move in surprising directions. Read full review
70
Wall Street JournalJohn AndersonAug 17, 2017
Lemon is all about this pull and push, toward and away from the characters and the movie itself. It’s also one of the more original films in recent memory. Read full review
67
The PlaylistJessica KiangJul 14, 2017
Lemon is too in love with being oddball to really have any connection to the real, non-quirky world. And so while scene-by scene its absurdism can be drolly amusing, it never coheres into anything more than a series of sketches. Read full review
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