Strawberry Mansion
Music Box Films | Release Date: February 18, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
74
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 24 Critic Reviews
Positive:
20
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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90
Screen RantDebopriyaa DuttaFeb 24, 2022
Combining the delightful and the absurd, Strawberry Mansion is a sweet triumph, an ode to imagination, and a manifesto on the wonders of love. Read full review
90
Film ThreatNorman GidneyFeb 2, 2021
Writer-director duo Albert Birney and star Kentucker Audley take us on a whimsical journey that bends timelines and genres, resulting in a consistently absurd, hilarious adventure. Read full review
88
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsFeb 23, 2022
I like this film for many reasons. Its sensibility is truly a gentle one. The screenplay may not cohere in ways designed to please the dream-logic-averse, but its wit is neatly matched by the wit of the visual landscapes. Read full review
88
RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyFeb 18, 2022
Strawberry Mansion sacrifices nothing. It's whimsical but it's poignant, it's light-hearted and it's deep. Read full review
86
TheWrapRonda Racha PenriceFeb 17, 2022
Strawberry Mansion dazzles most in its execution. In its own search for creativity and inspiration, the film leans into experimentation and whimsy. Read full review
86
Paste MagazineNatalia KeoganFeb 17, 2022
Strawberry Mansion boldly depicts our society’s obsession with bureaucracy and profit in order to dismantle the tandem threat of boredom and violence that ascribing to these social structures entails. Read full review
83
IndieWireEric KohnFeb 2, 2021
With Dan Deacon’s cosmic synth carrying the strange twists along, “Strawberry Mansion” works its way through an absurdist romance with palpable depth. Read full review
83
The PlaylistRodrigo PerezFeb 2, 2021
Beneath the layers of fuzzy frequencies, feverish absurdism, and kaleidoscopic tints lives an inconspicuously poignant movie about existentialist dread, the very human need to reduce the noise, and the genuine longing for connection in a chaotic, jumbled up world. Read full review
80
The GuardianLeslie FelperinSep 13, 2022
Beneath the crazy candy-coloured palette, there is actually some real human warmth in the love story, and the acting ensemble features some great comic performers in supporting roles. Read full review
80
The New York TimesAmy NicholsonFeb 24, 2022
This is a movie about letting the mind roam. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesCarlos AguilarFeb 17, 2022
Strawberry Mansion is one of the most unique American independent films to open its doors in recent memory. Only time will tell if it can attain the cult status that its charming idiosyncrasy most definitely merits. Read full review
80
Vanity FairCassie da CostaFeb 4, 2021
It’s easy to mistake Strawberry Mansion for a simple parable about advertising and the federal government. But ultimately, it’s a strange film about art and its conditions. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterJourdain SearlesFeb 2, 2021
Strawberry Mansion is a movie about the preservation of imagination. There is definitely an undercurrent of anti-corporate messaging that is always relevant in this modern media landscape. But these themes are not presented with a heavy hand. The point that the film is trying to make can be taken as lightly or as seriously as one likes. What Audley and Birney seem to want most is for audiences to allow themselves to be overtaken by their deliberately childlike approach to storytelling. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubKatie RifeFeb 16, 2022
There’s a lot to appreciate about Strawberry Mansion as an aesthetic object, a flight of imagination, and a sci-fi vision. Read full review
75
Slant MagazinePat BrownFeb 15, 2022
Strawberry Mansion playfully and delightfully draws parallels between the creative agency of dreams and the waking creativity of filmmaking. Read full review
75
The Film StageJordan RuimyFeb 2, 2021
The film is equal parts lovely and frightening as it explores romantic bliss, destructive capitalism, and the significance of the subconscious state we all spend a third of our lives experiencing. Read full review
70
The New YorkerRichard BrodyFeb 17, 2022
The no-holds-barred, extravagantly playful methods by which Audley and Birney conjure the audacious yet coherent tale of supernatural menaces and splendors are the movie’s prime achievement. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleJosh KupeckiFeb 16, 2022
With a modest budget that belies the eye-popping visuals at play, filmmaking duo Kentucker Audley and Albert Birney have affectionately crafted a sweet romance surrounded by the tart crunch of satire. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreFeb 16, 2022
There’s a whole lot of “bizarre” going here, but it’s easy enough to follow and its meaning and message are simple enough to understand. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeMark FeeneyFeb 16, 2022
Strawberry Mansion is a very strange movie. It’s at times beguiling, at other times so wackadoo inscrutable you want to groan. Either way, it’s always inventive. It’s very much its own thing, and in this movie day and age that is no small accomplishment. Read full review
60
EmpireAlex GodfreySep 19, 2022
Strawberry Mansion is hugely ambitious, even more so because it doesn’t quite have the resources to realise its own dreams. Nonetheless, it’s a soulful, adorable and unique little trip. Read full review
60
VarietyGuy LodgeFeb 2, 2021
Even as their film stretches its flights of fancy past breaking point, there are pleasures to be taken from the blithe, handmade execution of its vision, throwing everything in the pot from creaky animal puppetry to 8-bit effects. Read full review
50
Washington PostPat PaduaFeb 14, 2022
The movie sounds — and looks — tasty enough, but this “Strawberry Mansion” just doesn’t bear much fruit. Read full review
50
SlashfilmHoai-Tran BuiFeb 2, 2021
It’s pop art made into a feature film, which is a swell idea — if there’s an emotional core that can carry the audience through the staid surrealism. But Audley and the rest of the cast choose to play their characters like stoic ciphers, barely formed archetypes who glide through the film as if in some kind of permanent dream state themselves, making Strawberry Mansion feel even less anchored to reality. Read full review
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