Only Lovers Left Alive is an addictive mood and tone piece, a nocturnal reverie that incidentally celebrates a marriage that has lasted untold centuries.
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Film.comJordan Hoffman
Film.comJordan Hoffman
Only Lovers Left Alive is an exhibit A example of how to use style to enhance substance, not overwhelm it.
If you can groove with Jarmusch's patient, philosophical indulgences and the wooden exteriors of his characters' lives, the movie rewards with a savvy emotional payoff about moving forward even when the motivation to do so has gone.
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Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine
As is so often the case in Jim Jarmusch's films, simply spending time in the company of his creations proves engrossing.
It’s an offbeat, fun, and frequently very funny film, lifted out of disposability by some wonderfully rich production design, music cuts and photography, and by the cherishable performances of the leads.
The real reason to see this is Swinton and Hiddleston’s sexy, pallid double act: two old souls in hot bodies who have long tired of this Earth, but have nowhere else to make their home.
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EmpireIan Nathan
EmpireIan Nathan
Haunting and idiosyncratic, Jarmusch’s vampire marriage preaches to the converted, but he’s in fine voice nonetheless.