79
Metascore
41 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThe Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyOnly Lovers Left Alive is an addictive mood and tone piece, a nocturnal reverie that incidentally celebrates a marriage that has lasted untold centuries.
- 92Film.comJordan HoffmanFilm.comJordan HoffmanOnly Lovers Left Alive is an exhibit A example of how to use style to enhance substance, not overwhelm it.
- 88Slant MagazineSlant MagazineAs is so often the case in Jim Jarmusch's films, simply spending time in the company of his creations proves engrossing.
- 83The PlaylistJessica KiangThe PlaylistJessica KiangIt’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.
- 80The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawIf it is an exercise in style … well, what style. With its retro-chic connoisseurship and analogue era rock, this is a brilliant haute-hippy homage.
- 80The TelegraphRobbie CollinThe TelegraphRobbie CollinThe 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.
- 80EmpireIan NathanEmpireIan NathanHaunting and idiosyncratic, Jarmusch’s vampire marriage preaches to the converted, but he’s in fine voice nonetheless.
- 60VarietyLeslie FelperinVarietyLeslie FelperinA sweet but slight love story about world-weary hipster bloodsuckers.
- 60Time Out LondonDave CalhounTime Out LondonDave CalhounOnly Lovers Left Alive drags its feet and shows serious signs of anaemia as a story.