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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Screen DailyJonathan RomneyScreen DailyJonathan RomneyUltimately, 11 Minutes is as much a virtuoso party piece as anything - but it shows a veteran director in youthful form, clearly having a ball.
- 80The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottYou could call Mr. Skolimowski, who is 77, an old dog, and while the multistranded, chronologically intricate narrative conceit of 11 Minutes isn’t exactly a new trick, it’s one he pulls off with devilish panache and startling impact.
- 75Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenJerzy Skolimowski's formal control over the material is so masterful that the textual particulars are revealed to be beside the point.
- 60CineVueJohn BleasdaleCineVueJohn BleasdaleThe dénouement when it comes doubles down on the madness and 11 Minutes is never boring, but neither is it quite as revolutionary as it thinks it is.
- 60Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonVillage VoiceMichael AtkinsonA low-bore DeLillo-ness plays at the movie's edges, but does it aggregate into a substantial something? Not really, but the traces of postmodern dread, however Haneke-lite it all may be (isn't everything Haneke-lite?), can tickle your short hairs if you're prone.
- 50The PlaylistJessica KiangThe PlaylistJessica KiangFor a movie that is all about accumulation, it adds up to very little, and for a story all about connectedness, 11 minutes, intermittently enjoyable though it may be, never connects.
- 42The Film StageEd FranklThe Film StageEd FranklThe film’s pitfalls lie in the style-over-substance route that has befallen many films that have such an annoyingly gimmicky framing device at its center.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThis posturing, airless exercise is wearing rather than exciting.
- 0The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloThe A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloAlmost paralyzingly dull until its last few minutes.