The Nomi Song
Palm Pictures | Release Date: February 4, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
71
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Generally favorable reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews
Positive:
16
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Forget Devo, Nico, Bowie, or Beefheart: The most mesmerizing freak show in the history of rock & roll was Klaus Nomi. Read full review
80
VarietyLeslie Felperin
An absorbing homage to obscure but fascinating late '70s-early '80s German stage artiste Klaus Nomi. Read full review
80
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
Made with considerable wit and style, Horn's thoughtful celebration of the era and its most uncanny diva could function as the show's ("East Village USA") supplement. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKevin Crust
Horn, who knew Nomi, does an excellent job of evoking the exhilaratingly hedonistic period the film covers as well as the long shadow that the coming of AIDS casts over it. Read full review
80
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
Intriguing and affecting documentary.
78
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Thankfully, The Nomi Song should go a long way toward re-cementing this striking creature's legendary status. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleNeva Chonin
With The Nomi Song, Horn does more than simply pay homage to a late artist. He uses his subject to revisit the euphoria of artistic and musical culture at a crossroads, and in the process brings it, briefly and poignantly, back to life again. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeTy Burr
Succeeds at its main tasks. It re-creates new wave New York with Proustian force, from the Kiev (the diner) to Fiorucci (the clothing store). Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderAndrea Gronvall
Andrew Horn, writer of “East Side Story,” directs, stylishly. Read full review
70
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
Without coming out and saying it, The Nomi Song creates the sense that its subject might simply have been a few hundred years ahead of his time. Read full review
70
L.A. WeeklyErnest Hardy
Dazzles with rare performance footage. Read full review
70
The New York TimesDana Stevens
An affectionate portrait, not only of Nomi, but also of the long-gone days when downtown Manhattan was an affordable enclave for creative misfits. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
The film fittingly embraces the elements of camp and kitsch that played such a major role in defining the Nomi persona. Read full review
67
Seattle Post-IntelligencerBill White
A cross between David Bowie and Maria Callas, the German singer took androgyny to an unearthly level. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Occasionally exhilarating documentary. Read full review
63
New York PostDebra Birnbaum
Horn bookends his documentary with clips from "It Came From Outer Space." Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
And if you never learn much about the man behind the mask, well, that's as Nomi would have wanted it. Read full review
50
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
There remains a maddening emptiness where the film's ostensible subject should be. Read full review
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