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14 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsRogerEbert.comSimon AbramsThe movie’s half-hearted jokes, on frustrated women artists and their blind male collaborators, tend to be one-note and thankfully besides the point. But if you adjust your expectations, you’re more likely to accept Lux Aeterna as a vigorously realized doodle.
- 70TheWrapSteve PondTheWrapSteve PondIs it enjoyable to watch? Hell no – there’s a reason why everybody on the screen is either screaming or crying for it to stop. But you have to hand it to Noe, because it is kind of mesmerizing in its perverse single-mindedness, and the fact that “Lux Aeterna” is only 50 minutes long makes it more endurable.
- 70Film ThreatFilm ThreatWhile it holds more value for the conversations it will undoubtedly spark between audiences, the thriller still stands as a bold and brash experiment that demands multiple viewings to get the most of its style and themes.
- 67The PlaylistCaroline TsaiThe PlaylistCaroline TsaiThere’s something frustrating about Noé’s approach, but also an undefinably admirable quality to the extremity of his showmanship.
- 63Slant MagazineWilliam RepassSlant MagazineWilliam RepassIf the film-within-the-film is a vapid fetishization of women’s martyrdom, Lux Æterna is a willful exercise in repulsing its own audience.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinThe Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinIt's all business as per Noe usual.
- 60Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangLos Angeles TimesJustin ChangLux Aeterna, to its credit, is a pretty terrible commercial and an undeniably fascinating experiment.
- 40The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawInsufficiently diverting ... Lux Æterna shows Noé reverting to the self-parodic silliness that Climax had taken him past.