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Mister Lonely
  • Release Date: May 2, 2008
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Metascore
53 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 22 Critics What's this?

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6.4 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 10 Ratings

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  • Starring: Denis Lavant, Diego Luna, Samantha Morton
  • Summary: Only Harmony Korine could weave Michael Jackson, Marilyn Monroe, her daughter Shirley Temple, and flying nuns into a hypnotically funny and truly poignant tale of the instability behind fanaticism and the redemption we can hope to find in one another. The film follows a lonely Michael Jackson impersonator who is invited by a beautiful Marilyn Monroe to a commune in the Scottish Highlands full of other impersonators, including the Queen of England, Madonna, Sammy Davis Jr., and James Dean. In a parallel storyline, the incomparable Werner Herzog plays a Latin American priest who learns his missionary of nuns can literally fly. (IFC Films) … Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 22
  3. Negative: 4 out of 22
  1. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Don R. Lewis
    100
    The film is damn near a masterpiece. Let's hope we don't have to wait so long to see what Korine will do next.
  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    60
    Not all of the movie works - in fact, huge portions don't - but there are enough striking moments to make a lasting impact. How ironic: In this fairy-tale of arrested development, Korine has created his most mature movie yet.
  3. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    38
    The film is really little more than an array of sometimes imaginative images.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 4 out of 9
  1. martins
    10
    It's incredible how blind critics and users may be, disapproving this genuinely beautiful film. Too blind.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. KimT
    10
    Amazing movie. Funny. Clever. Bittersweet. Reading behind the lines is included.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. GeorgeM.
    3
    A few (very few) engaging images and a few (very few) engaging performances. If you want a plot with your story, this is not the movie for you. Extremely self-indulgent film making.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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