The Nowhere Inn
IFC Films | Release Date: September 17, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
12
Mixed:
7
Negative:
1
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The New YorkerAnthony LaneSep 13, 2021
As you’d imagine, the entire shebang is so naggingly self-referential, and so noisy with in-jokes, that it should, by rights, disappear up its own trombone. But there’s a saving grace: this is a funny movie. Read full review
60
VarietyAmy NicholsonFeb 1, 2020
As a ballad about a rock star’s soul, The Nowhere Inn is a fun riff performed on flimsy strings. Read full review
50
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergSep 16, 2021
Formally lively, The Nowhere Inn is a true meta exercise in the sense that the more derivative and self-conscious its conceptual gambits seem (stick around: The reflexivity continues after the end credits), the more it proves its ostensible point. Read full review
50
Paste MagazineJesse HassengerSep 15, 2021
Early on, the self-deprecating stuff takes on a studied air, and in the final stretch, the filmmakers seem to think they can shock-cut and rug-pull their way into something resembling psychological horror. The weirdness isn’t really weird enough to pull this off; it’s all the self-indulgence without much oddball pleasure. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineDerek SmithSep 13, 2021
The film is elevated by funny, cleverly staged sequences, but it too often hammers the notion that fame destroys authenticity. Read full review
50
ConsequenceClint WorthingtonFeb 1, 2020
Try as it might to blend the music-conscious idiosyncrasies of Portlandia with the varied persona of one of our weirdest, most valued artists, The Nowhere Inn ends up going, well, nowhere. Read full review
40
The GuardianPhuong LeOct 26, 2021
Too hip for its own good, the film ends up going nowhere. Only of interest, perhaps, to hardcore St Vincent and Brownstein fans. Read full review
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