The Million Dollar Hotel starts with a jump from a roof top that clears up a death in a hotel that was burning to the ground where a lot of strange people had been living.
It is probably asking too much of this phantasmagoria that it make sense.
– Bob Graham,
San Francisco Chronicle,
23 Feb 2001
rotten:
If you're looking for a defining Wenders image, try starting with the gloomy angels in overcoats in Wings Of Desire.
– Geoff Pevere,
Toronto Star,
9 Feb 2001
rotten:
An exercise in whimsy.
– Kevin Maynard,
Mr. Showbiz,
9 Feb 2001
rotten:
If any of these characters were half as resonant as Wenders appears to think they are, the film might have seemed charming instead of merely stranded.
– Owen Gleiberman,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Feb 2001
rotten:
Audiences partial to this rather rarefied material will find plenty to enjoy in the technically polished production, but those not on Wenders' wavelength will be seriously alienated.