Review of Only Lovers Left Alive (2013) by Christine M — 29 Jun 2014

Some very pretty photography...strange plot, but I love Tilda Swinton and Tom.

Hiddleston.

This review of Only Lovers Left Alive (2013) was written by Christine M on 29 Jun 2014.

Only Lovers Left Alive has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Only Lovers Left Alive

Review of Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

By Pepperg (4) on 04 Oct 2018

Some style but overall it's self-indulgent hipster name checking…

Read Review

Review of Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

By Kate S (249) on 16 Nov 2017

A bewitching, weird romance. Tom Hiddleston and Tilda Swinton are perfect together with effortless chemistry. an overlooked gem, a future cult classic…

Read Review

Review of Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

By Douglas M (290) on 09 Jan 2018

Tedious and pretentious. Jarmusch tries to mine some form of insight from dry characters and do-nothing narrative…

Read Review

Review of Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

By Alondie H (27) on 19 Mar 2016

Messy but I loved it! My guilty pleasure of the year…

Read Review

Review of Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

By Stefano C (730) on 16 Sep 2018

Mere sweet emotions…

Read Review

Review of Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

By Dawdlingpoet (1,123) on 21 May 2022

I thought this was a very engrossing watch…

Read Review

Review of Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

By Lucas G (212) on 31 Jul 2016

As an art film, Only Lovers Left Alive is beautiful, stylish and meditative. As a vampire flick, it's boring, aimless and anemic…

Read Review

Review of Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

By Jay R (425) on 12 Mar 2017

It was ok. Just seemed to drag on and on…

Read Review

Review of Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

By Paul L (703) on 31 Dec 2017

My favourite film. Beautifully shot, great music, interesting characters you care about and a dreamy pace which sucks you into the story…

Read Review

Review of Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

By Matthew P (1,636) on 02 Jun 2016

Beautiful, to be sure, but Only Lovers Left Alive is under-explored and lacks conflict for all but its second act…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Walk the Line (2005)

By Jr (39) on 18 Nov 2005

Who knew Cash was not only boring but couldn't sing very well…

Read Review

Review of Güeros (2014)

By Bladelover2049 (22) on 16 Aug 2018

A movie about a search. But what the film is looking for is a simple manipulative result…

Read Review

Review of 9 Songs (2004)

By Michael W. Phillips, Jr. (528) for Goatdog's Movies (527) on 16 Apr 2005

Dreary and pointless, drainingly so, and for a movie that consists basically of sex, rock 'n' roll, and drugs (in approximate order of frequency),…

Read Review

Review of Wings of Desire (1987)

By Mattdinovo (1) on 22 Oct 2018

Matthew DiNovo The movie, Wings of Desire, is a 1987 classic fantasy romance German film from Wim Wenders…

Read Review

Review of Rebecca (1940)

By Thomas Dawson (2) for BBC (137) on 10 Jul 1989

Produced by David Selznick, Rebecca is a delirious Gothic melodrama, swimming with queer undercurrents…

Read Review

Review of Bones and All (2022)

By Olivierpiel (101) on 19 Dec 2022

When Hollywood -motherfecking MGM- copies a foreign film, in this case the overall core of the French film RAW, it eschews the cerebral aspect…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Where the Crawdads Sing

2022

63%92 Reviews

Past Lives

2023

84%62 Reviews

Parasite

2019

87%251 Reviews

Mad Max: Fury Road

2015

83%1,378 Reviews

The Gentlemen

2020

70%170 Reviews

War for the Planet of the Apes

2017

78%1,656 Reviews

John Wick: Chapter 4

2023

78%170 Reviews

The Voyeurs

2021

58%19 Reviews

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

2023

85%233 Reviews

Ford v Ferrari

2019

81%171 Reviews