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- Mesmerizingly strange and willfully perverse, Holy Motors offers an unforgettable visual feast alongside a spellbinding -- albeit unapologetically challenging -- narrative.
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Nov 7, 2012 · "Holy Motors" is the more entertaining and funny of the two, although some parts are not funny at all, and many laughs are of disbelief or incredulity. Both end with their limousines going home for the night, answering a question asked in "Cosmopolis," although when the limo in "Holy Motors" gets home, its day is far from over.
Oct 17, 2012 · Mesmerizingly strange and willfully perverse, Holy Motors offers an unforgettable visual feast alongside a spellbinding -- albeit unapologetically challenging -- narrative. Read Critics Reviews
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Throughout Holy Motors, Mr. Oscar is given a series of "appointments" that force him to adopt a new personality and fulfill his client’s demands. These vary from intense grief counseling to murdering people in cold blood. Mr. Oscar apparently has nine appointments scheduled for the day, but when his workday is finally over, Holy Motors shows him en...
The real identity of Mr. Oscar is essentially a mystery throughout the entire movie. The only time that Holy Motors' audience gets a true look at the man behind the mask is when he’s traveling between appointments in the limousine. Themes involving identity occur throughout Leos Carax’s filmography (including the Adam Driver movie Annette), but Hol...
Holy Motors’ cars are an extremely recognizable feature of the movie, particularly in its final scene. After driving into the garage that gives the movie its title, Mr. Oscar’s limousine starts having a conversation with others around it. It’s an incredibly bold and fascinating way to close the story, but by presenting these limousines as living cr...
Above all, Holy Motors is a surreal movieabout how appearances and reality are rarely the same. Though people like to believe that their life is one constant existence, Leos Carax suggests that as they journey through different stages of being, they change so drastically that there’s eventually no trace of their original selves left. It’s a fascina...
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162 Reviews. Hide Spoilers. Sort by: Filter by Rating: 5/10. Holy ___________! Buddy-51 18 April 2013. I suspect that viewers will either love or hate "Holy Motors," a surreal French drama that eventually falls victim to its own pretentiousness.
Oct 15, 2012 · No. I just thought, “There’s really nothing I can do right now.” It’s no secret that you aren’t crazy about doing interviews and especially loathe being asked to interpret your work. But “Holy...
On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average of score of 84/100 based on 34 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". [17] Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian rated the film five out of five and wrote: "Leos Carax's Holy Motors is weird and wonderful, rich and strange – barking mad, in fact.
Jul 4, 2012 · Review. Featured review. 7/10. Self-aware and self-indulgent, which makes for an amazing and flawed experiment. Holy Motors (2012) A bizarre (and highly praised) film that is ambitious and inventive to the point of pain. I wish it was as brilliant as it intends.
