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59 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
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  1. Empire
    Reviewed by: Patrick Peters
    80
    It may lack subtlety, but everything is beautifully designed and photographed, Watling and Tosar are superb and it's undeniably great fun.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    70
    Unconscious is a ribald sex farce of considerable imagination and inspired wackiness and a meticulous period piece of the Art Nouveau era.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    70
    If Unconscious consistently overplays its hand, its fusion of a Sherlock Holmes-style detective story (Alma is the master sleuth, and Salvador her Dr. Watson) with a delirious bedroom farce in the spirit of early Pedro Almodóvar is frequently very funny.
  4. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    63
    The superego gets bested by the id in Spanish director Joaquin Oristrell's curious period sex comedy, which mixes intellectual musings on psychoanalysis with vulgar guffaws of the basest sort.
  5. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Stina Chyn
    60
    A brilliant exploration into the implications of Freud's theories on one family.
  6. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Jennifer Drapkin
    60
    The movie's message is clear: Freud's greatest contribution to society was not the idea that all little boys long to sleep with their mothers--rather, it's the concept of the unconscious, a hidden place where our secret desires yearn to be free.
  7. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Tasha Robinson
    58
    While the content is colorful and the actors seem up for the task, a flawed script and Oristrell's unemphatic direction let all the impact dribble away.
  8. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    50
    An overdone sex comedy.
  9. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Walter Addiego
    50
    Oristrell's comedic sense only seems to succeed in spurts, and he often burdens the proceedings with a theatrical and contrived air that undermines the humor.
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  1. KenG.
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    Charming, offbeat comedy, with appealing performances by its 2 leads.
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