A film that has a beating heart underneath its messy -- though breathtakingly designed -- exterior.
– Boyd van Hoeij,
Variety,
4 Apr 2011
rotten:
While Mr. Nobody contains some truly moving scenes, it eventually starts to try your concentration when you suspect all the space/time continuum shuffling may never become more than the sum of its parts.
– Jennie Punter,
Globe and Mail,
4 Apr 2011
fresh:
This big-budget English-language co-production shows that Europeans can compete in the sci-fi realm where high production values are king.
– Deborah Young,
Hollywood Reporter,
28 Oct 2013
fresh:
As philosophy, Mr. Nobody seems sillier than it is profound. But in a parallel reality, more movies would have this degree of insane ambition.
– Ben Kenigsberg,
AV Club,
31 Oct 2013
fresh:
Never mind that several characters seem to gain or lose British accents throughout the course of the film. The lack of continuity only enhances the sense of deliciously dizzying disequilibrium.