The Holy Mountain
ABKCO Films | Release Date: November 29, 1973 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
76
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Seattle Post-IntelligencerBill White
So extreme in its sacrilege that it achieves a kind of sacredness, The Holy Mountain is a transcendental feast of the grotesque and the sublime. Read full review
91
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
Witty, disgusting, eye-popping, and incomprehensible, The Holy Mountain is every bit as pop-philosophical as Jodorowsky's earlier work, but it also contains original visual ideas nearly every 30 seconds, from frogs in armor to crucifixes made out of painted bread. Read full review
90
Wall Street JournalSteve Dollar
A landmark of visionary filmmaking pitched somewhere between magic ritual and surreal burlesque. Read full review
80
The GuardianPeter Bradshaw
A plumply overripe fruit of the counterculture, dripping with the juices of spiritual rebellion, semi-comic posturing, consciousness-raising and all-around freakiness. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
More than three decades later, Jodorowsky’s vision of chaos has acquired a powerful aura of prophecy. Read full review
75
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
On the whole, enjoyable nonsense. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineChris Cabin
The Holy Mountain is nothing if not exuberant while cartwheeling its way through the cosmos and back through the non sequitur-strewn plains and deserts, towns and cities, ridges and ranges of Mexico. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
If you liked El Topo, this is more of the same, with less violence. [02 Mar 2007, p.C5]
70
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
With Jodorowsky's meaning somewhat opaque, it's slightly tedious going, but you certainly get plenty to look at. Read full review
60
The New York TimesMatt Zoller Seitz
Mr. Jodorowsky’s movie is a dazzling, rambling, often incoherent satire on consumerism, militarism and the exploitation of third world cultures by the West. It unfurls like a hallucinogenic daydream. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
The mise-en-scene is packed with colorful, often shocking images (blood and body wastes are recurring motifs) but orchestrated in a creative delirium. Read full review
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