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  • 2018
  • TV-MA
  • Netflix
  • 2 h 6 m
  • 2018
  • TV-MA
  • Netflix
  • 2 h 6 m

Summary Berlin, the future, but close enough to feel familiar: In this loud, often brutal city, Leo (Alexander Skarsgård) – unable to speak from a childhood accident – searches for his missing girlfriend, the love of his life, his salvation, through dark streets, frenzied plazas, and the full spectrum of the cities shadow-dwellers. As he seeks a...

Directed By: Duncan Jones

Written By: Michael Robert Johnson, Duncan Jones

  • 2018
  • TV-MA
  • Netflix
  • 2 h 6 m
  • 2018
  • TV-MA
  • Netflix
  • 2 h 6 m

Mute

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 24 Critic Reviews
35
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 146 User Ratings
5.2
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Summary Berlin, the future, but close enough to feel familiar: In this loud, often brutal city, Leo (Alexander Skarsgård) – unable to speak from a childhood accident – searches for his missing girlfriend, the love of his life, his salvation, through dark streets, frenzied plazas, and the full spectrum of the cities shadow-dwellers. As he seeks a...

Directed By: Duncan Jones

Written By: Michael Robert Johnson, Duncan Jones

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 24 Critic Reviews
35
0% Positive
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63% Mixed
15 Reviews
38% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 24 Critic Reviews
35
0% Positive
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63% Mixed
15 Reviews
38% Negative
9 Reviews

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58
Feb 23, 2018
Mute is ludicrous, but within the confines of its referential logic, also pretty cool.
By Eric Kohn FULL REVIEW
50
Feb 23, 2018
It manages to be both bizarre and boring. While I admire Jones’ inventive details...the film simply looks cheap.
By Amy Nicholson FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Mixed or Average Based on 146 User Ratings
5.2
31% Positive
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38% Mixed
56 Ratings
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User Score
Mixed or Average Based on 146 User Ratings
5.2
31% Positive
45 Ratings
38% Mixed
56 Ratings
31% Negative
45 Ratings

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10
zanudainc
Nov 2, 2020
You like the movie if you watch it until ending. And if you not, that means you didn't see Sam Rockwell out there.
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10
timanfaya
Jun 16, 2018
A very special and not easy to follow story, but surrounded with an amazing cinematography and great acting.
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50
Feb 23, 2018
The references, conscious and not, serve as constant reminders to the audience of other, better, movies, rendering Mute more atonal hodgepodge than carefully orchestrated pastiche.
By Kevin Crust FULL REVIEW
40
Feb 26, 2018
Fans of Moon and Source Code be warned: Mute is sadly, almost tragically, not worth the wait.
By Dan Jolin FULL REVIEW
38
Feb 27, 2018
If this is what the excruciating finished film looks like, what manner of dreck must Mr. Bowie’s son have left on the cutting room floor?
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
25
Feb 23, 2018
Mute is so slow and arbitrarily over-plotted that it's difficult to believe that Jones also directed the spry and enjoyable Moon and Source Code.
By Chuck Bowen FULL REVIEW
15
Feb 23, 2018
Mute is a slog, and a depressing one; as Netflix sci-fi goes, it’s not as abjectly inept as The Cloverfield Paradox, but it’s perhaps even more disappointing given the talented filmmaker involved.
By David Sims FULL REVIEW
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10
Bitmouse
Mar 4, 2018
I liked it. Maybe folks just can't handle a main character who doesn't talk? Western civilization doesn't really value silence.
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6
Jamedris
May 3, 2019
Nice cyberpunk setting, as a fan, I was interested from the beginning. I love sci-fi movies taking place in Berlin. Unfortunately, the plot and main character were a bit pain in the... eye, even despite his faith, which is rather uncommon theme for cyberpunk. It has a few really good and eye-catching moments, plus I like the idea of showing difficulties of a mute man in the world of future, but it was overall boring and story feels ragged. But hey, it WAS NOT that bad! I think it deserves a 5-6 rating (or 7 if you are a die-hard cyberpunk fan) for nice visuals and for bringing up a difficult subject to discuss.
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TryASummersault
Mar 22, 2018
A dystopian revenge tale with a standard and somewhat cliche plot that moves mostly at tortoise pace with a few interesting aspects. Although this really doesn't amount to anything really until the last 20 min, it has some decent futuristic visuals and a ridiculously entertaining Paul Rudd villain portrayal that is absurd.
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3
DarkwingSchmuck
Mar 23, 2022
Mute is bargain bin Blade Runner. It has some ideas here and there, but nothing is properly fleshed out or memorable. It's sad to see a science fiction film this feeble and uninteresting come from the man who made Moon and Source Code.
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3
Mahmus
Oct 18, 2020
It's like "Nicolas Winding Refn meets Blade Runner", which sounds like it should be amazing, but instead it just feels like a bunch of cyberpunk iconography thrown in in the hopes of making the story less boring. It doesn't. It really doesn't. It makes the same mistake many other bad movies do. It sets its story in a sci-fi or fantasy world and completely wastes it a generic crime thriller plot that doesn't let the world be of any use. It's also way too long. The longer it went the less I liked it, which is a shame because it actually started pretty strong. Alexander Skarsgård and Paul Rudd are pretty good though. The visuals too.
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Production Company Liberty Films Entertainment, Studio Babelsberg
Release Date Feb 23, 2018
Duration 2 h 6 m
Rating TV-MA
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Tagline He doesn't need words.
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Awards

British Film Designers Guild Awards
• 1 Nomination

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