Consuming Spirits
Metascore
81 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 12 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
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  1. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Phillips
    Jan 25, 2013
    100
    Dense like a detailed graphic novel in the Chris Ware or R. Crumb vein, but a real movie in every way, Consuming Spirits is a strange and wormy accomplishment, the sort of personal epic only the most obsessive of cinematic madmen undertake, let alone complete.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: A.O. Scott
    Dec 12, 2012
    100
    It is a work of obsessive artisanal discipline and unfettered artistic vision. You have never seen anything like it.
  3. Slant Magazine
    Dec 10, 2012
    100
    Not only a monstrous visual achievement, but one of the most uniquely humanistic animated features of all time.
  4. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Gary Goldstein
    Apr 11, 2013
    90
    With its startling mix of 16-millimeter-shot, handmade animation styles using stop-motion, sketches, collages and models, along with uncensored characters often resembling cadaverous marionettes, this twisted look at life in a faded Appalachian town is one decidedly idiosyncratic ride.
  5. NPR
    Reviewed by: Ian Buckwalter
    Dec 13, 2012
    90
    In a story built on ugly secrets and lifetimes of terrible events, small moments of beauty and redemption sneak through - proving that sometimes utilizing those bitter remnants of charred memories can prove more fruitful than Earl Gray thought.

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