Mood Indigo
Drafthouse Films | Release Date: July 18, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
54
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews
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10
Mixed:
14
Negative:
2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
SalonAndrew O'HehirJul 17, 2014
This is Gondry at his most liberated and inventive. You simply can’t grab hold of Mood Indigo in its early scenes, and you’re better off surrendering to its crackpot energy and enjoying the ride. Read full review
80
Village VoiceAmy NicholsonJul 15, 2014
Mood Indigo is bitter candy, a heartbreaker that uses sugar as a trap. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaAug 8, 2014
It's all head-spinning and lovely - and a little exhausting, too. Read full review
75
Film.comJordan HoffmanJul 15, 2014
Despite being clever and crafty it can’t break out of the curiosity shop. It’s the finest diorama in there, but something to admire, linger over then move past. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranJul 17, 2014
With its indefinable, almost indescribable combination of whimsy, sentiment and strangeness, "Mood Indigo" (co-written by Gondry and Luc Bossi) will not be to all tastes at all times. But frame for frame, the amount of invention going on here can't be believed unless it's seen. Read full review
70
The DissolveNathan RabinJul 15, 2014
Gondry’s latest demands a high tolerance for whimsy, and will undoubtedly prove anathema to his skeptics. Yet for those willing to abandon logic, suspend disbelief, and give themselves over to Gondry’s crazy, deeply immersive world of play, the result is a wildly inventive head film that’s mood-altering and mind-expanding in its own right. Read full review
67
HitfixDrew McWeenyJul 15, 2014
While I thought it was gently moving at times, it feels like Gondry is hoping for a much more powerful impact, and the film just doesn't swing hard enough to make that happen. Read full review
67
The PlaylistJessica KiangJul 9, 2013
Gondry’s film is really a huge Rube Goldberg machine, full of lights and buzzers and levers that ping and whistle endearingly but are connected to nothing and serve no greater function in the larger apparatus. Read full review
63
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanJul 31, 2014
The sense, in the first half of the film, that love and contentment are attainable dreams slowly gives way to the more existential notion that happiness is really just a fairy tale. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzJul 18, 2014
Even if you have a high tolerance for whimsy, Mood Indigo may still be too much. Read full review
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