Lux Æterna
Yellow Veil Pictures | Release Date: May 6, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
59
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Mixed or average reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
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8
Mixed:
6
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsMay 6, 2022
The movie’s half-hearted jokes, on frustrated women artists and their blind male collaborators, tend to be one-note and thankfully besides the point. But if you adjust your expectations, you’re more likely to accept Lux Aeterna as a vigorously realized doodle. Read full review
75
IndieWireEric KohnMay 24, 2019
As a minor work, it provides an enjoyable snippet of rambunctious formalism that puts Noé in a category of his own. Read full review
70
Film ThreatMatthew RoeMay 5, 2022
While it holds more value for the conversations it will undoubtedly spark between audiences, the thriller still stands as a bold and brash experiment that demands multiple viewings to get the most of its style and themes. Read full review
70
TheWrapSteve PondMay 24, 2019
Is it enjoyable to watch? Hell no – there’s a reason why everybody on the screen is either screaming or crying for it to stop. But you have to hand it to Noe, because it is kind of mesmerizing in its perverse single-mindedness, and the fact that “Lux Aeterna” is only 50 minutes long makes it more endurable. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubJeremy SmithMay 18, 2022
Cinephiles will grin at Noé’s references to Dreyer, Godard, and Ranier Werner Fassbinder, and everyone with functioning eyesight will stare agape at the closing lightshow, but the experience won’t lead to substantive post-movie conversations as Irreversible and Climax did. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerMay 18, 2022
Lux Æterna is barely a film – even Noé has called it an essay – but then it's not meant to be complete. Created in five days on Yves Saint Laurent's franc (one has to wonder what they thought they were getting), it's a discussion, not a conclusion. Read full review
67
The PlaylistCaroline TsaiMay 24, 2019
There’s something frustrating about Noé’s approach, but also an undefinably admirable quality to the extremity of his showmanship. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineWilliam RepassMay 4, 2022
If the film-within-the-film is a vapid fetishization of women’s martyrdom, Lux Æterna is a willful exercise in repulsing its own audience. Read full review
60
VarietyPeter DebrugeMay 10, 2022
Let’s be clear: Lux Æterna is a glorified Saint Laurent commercial. That’s the tweet-length analysis. But there’s more to it than that. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangMay 6, 2022
Lux Aeterna, to its credit, is a pretty terrible commercial and an undeniably fascinating experiment. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinMay 24, 2019
It's all business as per Noe usual. Read full review
58
PolygonOli WelshMay 5, 2022
It might leave audiences feeling brutalized, exhilarated, amused, annoyed, or all of the above, but will it leave them feeling like they want to drop a thousand dollars on a handbag? They will certainly feel like they’ve just watched a Gaspar Noé film. Read full review
50
Original-CinLiam LaceyMay 19, 2022
To give Noé’s credit, he used the Saint Laurent fashion money to practice the split-screen technique which is employed far more movingly in Vortex. He also made the only fashion ad I won’t instantly forget. Read full review
40
The GuardianPeter BradshawMay 24, 2019
Insufficiently diverting ... Lux Æterna shows Noé reverting to the self-parodic silliness that Climax had taken him past. Read full review
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