Tesla
IFC Films | Release Date (Streaming): August 21, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 30 Critic Reviews
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20
Mixed:
10
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The GuardianEllen E JonesSep 28, 2020
To watch Tesla the film is to admire its ambition while regretting its follies. Much like Tesla the man, perhaps? Read full review
58
UproxxVince ManciniAug 27, 2020
Almereyda making a show of himself as storyteller takes away from his story, and seems to betray a lack of confidence in it. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyAug 19, 2020
Far from the flamboyant figure of fantasy and popular myth, this version of the inventor is totally interiorized. Read full review
50
Original-CinJim SlotekSep 21, 2020
Static… low energy… no spark to speak of. A weak biopic of Nicola Tesla, the man who defined our electric lives, practically begs for shameful puns. For that, I apologize. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzAug 21, 2020
It inadvertently puts Hawke in the position of having to carry a film that's more of a series of half-formed notions, some intriguing, others ill-advised, and a few verging perilously close to cute. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonAug 19, 2020
Hawke is effectively brooding, which recalls his first collaboration with Almereyda, a 2000 adaptation of “Hamlet” set in modern-day New York City. Read full review
50
The Associated PressJake CoyleAug 18, 2020
While its ideas are often intriguing, the movie feels like high-concept scaffolding that only thinly conceals it hollowness. It’s a Tesla without electricity. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreAug 13, 2020
Hawke? He mumble-whispers his way through the notoriously introverted Tesla, not taking even a stab at a Croatian accent. That he sings in this same voice is kind of rubbing our noses in it. Read full review
50
CNNBrian LowryJul 24, 2020
Tesla even more aggressively incorporates documentary-style techniques and weird anachronisms into the drama. His story is essentially narrated by Morgan's daughter, Anne (Eve Hewson), in a way that gives the movie a decidedly off-kilter spin. At one point, Hawke even sings a few bars of the 1980s song "Everybody Wants to Rule the World," recorded decades after Tesla's death. Read full review
50
VarietyAmy NicholsonFeb 2, 2020
Almereyda lays tracks to take Tesla in a dozen wild directions. . . . Yet, having ordered the audience onboard, Almereyda doesn’t go anywhere with the gambit. Read full review
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