The Alchemist Cookbook
Oscilloscope | Release Date: October 7, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
73
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
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4
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1
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyOct 5, 2016
It’s difficult to imagine what a script for all of this would even look like. Whatever The Alchemist Cookbook has to express, it expresses through scenes that feel as though someone were dared to do something while a camera rolled, in the near-extinct tradition of the transgressive underground movie. Read full review
80
VarietyDennis HarveyJul 25, 2016
This unclassifiable miniature involving a man in a trailer in the woods trying to contact the Dark Lord is as funny and distinctive as it is near-plotless. Read full review
75
The Seattle TimesTom KeoghNov 3, 2016
So compelling is writer-director Joel Potrykus’ unnerving scenario — with its largely ambiguous tone of horror dramatically offset at times by explicit frights — that a viewer isn’t necessarily bothered by a lack of basic story information about who, what, when, where and why. Read full review
70
We Got This CoveredMatt DonatoOct 6, 2016
Its methods may be unconventional, but Joel Potrykus never loses grip of the slippery strangeness. Read full review
50
The Film StageJared MobarakJul 25, 2016
I bet another viewing would reveal missed details, but the threat of being wrong and finding myself enduring the slow, quiet madness again scares me. Read full review
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