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By Matthew Odam (59) for Austin American-Statesman (501) on 07 Dec 2012

It may be the weirdest and most challenging movie to open in Austin this year. It's also oddly moving…

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By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 07 Dec 2012

As frustratingly opaque as Carax's art film is, Denis Lavant is fantastic in the lead role, as he portrays character after character, all with…

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By Chris Hewitt (2,086) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 06 Dec 2012

If you like a movie that dares you to keep up and that demands your willingness to let some parts of it remain mystifying, Holy Motors is a…

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By Austin Kennedy (419) for Film Geek Central (133) on 06 Dec 2012

I admire the film for thinking out of the box, but it just tries too hard to be weird. It ends up imploding on itself due to its over-ambition…

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By Chris Hewitt (St. Paul) (2,277) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 06 Dec 2012

If you like a movie that dares you to keep up and that demands your willingness to let some parts of it remain mystifying, Holy Motors is a…

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By Joe Williams (923) for St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1,715) on 29 Nov 2012

There are a few beguiling moments in Holy Motors, particularly a martial-arts sequence and an erotic dance while Mr…

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By Jeffrey Overstreet (498) for Image (19) on 23 Nov 2012

Despite the millions of dollars fueling 2012's special-effects extravaganzas, I doubt I'll experience anything as exhilarating or memorable this year…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for Blu-ray.com (2,093) on 23 Nov 2012

If Carax's sorcery doesn't immediately encourage interest in Oscar's fantasyland invasion, trigger the eject button on your seat…

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By Tom Keogh (466) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 22 Nov 2012

All this random action, Carax suggests, is for some vast, abstract audience anxious to lose itself in imagined narratives…

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By Mark Pfeiffer (406) for Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema (402) on 21 Nov 2012

Holy Motors is gloriously alive with experimentation and the centrality of human involvement regardless of what form the end product of their…

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 18 Nov 2012

This is the kind of it-can-mean-whatever-you-want-it-to-mean art film that I usually run from, but Carax is such a prodigiously gifted mesmerist…

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By Rick Groen (1,350) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 16 Nov 2012

You may be of the opinion that taking in an art film, especially the haute brand that disdains conventional narrative, is like watching paint…

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By Witney Seibold (272) for CraveOnline (813) on 16 Nov 2012

Weird, baffling, and the lunatic work of a powerfully ambitious filmmaker, 'Holy Motors' is one of the best films of the year…

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By Jim Slotek (879) for Jam! Movies (2,396) on 16 Nov 2012

I just know Holy Motors tickled me, cosmic pretensions and all…

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By Sheri Linden (962) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 15 Nov 2012

In Holy Motors Carax insists on our other selves…

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By Rene Rodriguez (1,781) for Miami Herald (3,319) on 15 Nov 2012

Holy Motors is wild and unfettered and playful - the work of an artist who carries his love of cinema in his bones, and knows how to share…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 15 Nov 2012

You will look in vain for some definite logic to Holy Motors…

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By Peter Howell (1,731) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 15 Nov 2012

This is the most exhilarating cinema ride of 2012, a marvellously mobile mystery trip…

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By Ann Hornaday (1,919) for Washington Post (9,851) on 12 Nov 2012

An electrifying, confounding, what-the-hell-just-happened exercise in unbounded imagination, unapologetic theatricality, bravura acting and…

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By A.a. Dowd (854) for Time Out Chicago (129) on 09 Nov 2012

Some day, an editor is going to put together a highlight reel of Denis Lavant's greatest performances. Will most of it be scenes from Holy Motors…

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