Moebius
RAM Releasing | Release Date: August 1, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
66
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Generally favorable reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
4
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
IndieWireEric KohnSep 16, 2013
It's impossible to look away -- not only because the sense of anticipation is so vivid, but because there's no other way to follow the bizarre plot than keep with it. Read full review
80
Time OutJoshua RothkopfAug 12, 2014
Such is Kim’s plotty momentum that the whole thing feels like an extreme joke made of pained silences, one that somehow strips bare the subtext of overbearing parents. Meryl Streep herself couldn’t improve on it. Read full review
80
Total FilmJamie GrahamAug 5, 2014
Among the blood, sweat and (ahem) salty tears are musings on desire, family and emasculation, but this is Kim at his most mischievous, the laughs drowning all. Read full review
80
EmpireDavid HughesAug 4, 2014
Even Oedipus would be left scratching his head by this bonkers but drily funny tale of one family's forlorn search for normality. Read full review
80
VarietyLeslie FelperinSep 16, 2013
A gloriously off-the-charts study in perversity. Read full review
80
The TelegraphRobbie CollinSep 16, 2013
Kim rattles you with this family’s bizarre and pitiful plight, and only then, from a place of agonised discomfort, does the laughter follow, in great whoops and roars. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineDavid Lee DallasAug 11, 2014
A kind of silent opera in which the actors' precise facial emoting and a muscular editing rhythm create a melodrama by turns horrific and hilarious. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoAug 1, 2014
The three entirely committed, fearless performers put through the physical and emotional motions by Kim carry a film that is the definition of “not for everyone” but Moebius works on its terms. Its twisted, Oedipal, sadomasochistic, castrated terms. Read full review
70
The DissolveMike D'AngeloAug 12, 2014
Following the self-importance of recent (and inexplicably prizewinning) films like Arirang and Pieta, however, Moebius feels like a giddy, playful return to form. It’s as uproarious as genital mutilation gets. Read full review
70
Village VoiceSherilyn ConnellyAug 5, 2014
Except for the presence of the Internet, the picture feels like a retelling of an ages-old fable. In fact, Moebius is almost weird enough to be a creation myth, and that's no small accomplishment. Read full review
67
The PlaylistOliver LytteltonSep 16, 2013
A sly dark comedy that doubles as a very impressive display of wordless storytelling. Read full review
60
The New York TimesNicolas RapoldAug 14, 2014
Mr. Kim does show an abiding concern here for the unsubtle realities of human libido and cruelty, but he’s alarmingly tone-deaf as he makes his points, and shows disregard for his female characters as he uses them up. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyAug 13, 2014
A viewer familiar with the filmmaker’s latter-day schtick can’t help but wonder: How can an artist be so persistent in his use of symbols, and yet never manage to develop them beyond a rudimentary metaphorical framework? Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterClarence TsuiSep 16, 2013
What undermines Moebius is how Kim has let high concepts and philosophical subtexts run amok without anchoring them to a substantial narrative Read full review
40
Time Out LondonTom HuddlestonAug 5, 2014
Extreme cinema aficionados will doubtless get major kicks from Moebius. For others, the cumulative shocks are likely to induce weariness and boredom. Read full review
28
Film.comLaremy LegelSep 16, 2013
The best word to describe it is strange, though it could have been halfway decent (yes, all the way up to halfway decent) if the third act hadn’t succumbed to the crescendo of craziness that had been building for the first hour. Read full review
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