The Million Dollar Hotel
Lions Gate Films | Release Date: February 2, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
25
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
8
Negative:
7
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Mr. ShowbizKevin Maynard
The film has an unabashed romantic tone that's matched by Wenders' usual flair for visual drama. Read full review
50
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
A mellow dream of a movie that's an acquired taste. It's attractive because of the oblique way that Mr. Wenders ambles through a murder mystery that's stronger on characterization than on plot. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Conceived by U2's Bono, it's not quite as bad as it might have been. After all, its own star, Mel Gibson, has famously called this tale of destitute misfits "as boring as a dog's a——." Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleBob Graham
Gutter romance meets metaphysical thriller. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
So silly it's best taken ironically. But the film, much of it shot digitally, is also astonishingly beautiful. Read full review
50
USA TodayAndy Seiler
Wenders creates an imaginative, stylized cityscape, but what's missing is the compelling story that could bring the setting to life. Read full review
50
New York PostJonathan Foreman
Pretentious and trite.
40
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
A fantasy, a fairy tale, but its characters and the emotions they elicit become painfully real. Read full review
30
Film.comErnest Hardy
The film isn't very good. The Million Dollar Hotel is an uneasy melding of Hollywood shtick and art-house sensibilities. Read full review
30
New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter Rainer
He (Gibson) ramrods his way through the bugged-out hysterics as if he were appearing in a movie that actually made sense. What a brave heart. Read full review
25
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
If any of these characters were half as resonant as Wenders appears to think they are, the film might have seemed charming instead of merely stranded. Read full review
10
SalonCharles Taylor
There's a vacancy in The Million Dollar Hotel, and it's between Wim Wenders' ears. Read full review
10
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
Wenders's The Million Dollar Hotel is something of a monstrosity -- liquored self-indulgence taken to its own astral plane. Read full review
10
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
How this hopelessly muddled and tedious dirge got released -- unless it was through the clout of Mel Gibson, who's grafted on as an FBI agent in a neck brace, with no discernible connection to the action -- is the real mystery. Read full review
10
Rolling StonePeter Travers
The script that Nicholas Klein has conjured from Bono's idea is a quicksand that sucks down a solid cast. Read full review
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