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(1 - 24) of 24 OFCS Rating: 50% Rotten Page   1   C- "This is not a hollow motion picture, just an inert one, displaying a puzzling atlas of abstraction that seems sincere enough; there's just not a single reason to care about any of it."   BrianOrndorf.com   Brian Orndorf "The soul shivers at the film's cold beauty."   Film Journal International   Chris Barsanti 4/5 "unwaveringly rhythmic"   Filmcritic.com   Chris Cabin 8/10 "The fun here is in the experience of simply watching and listening, each of equal importance."   DVDTown.com   Christopher Long C- "Watching "The Limits of Control" is like looking at an art instillation that dares you to lower your expectations to its level. The game is fixed."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey 9/10 "The limits of control are simultaneously intimate and global. And Isaac De Bankolé's face reveals just as much as you can know."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs "The tiring repetitiousness of 'Limits of Control' may prove too much for many viewers."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Donald J. Levit 1.5/4 "Folly of the most pretentious order, The Limits of Control is a meaningless stylistic immersion from the typically on-point and perceptive Jim Jarmusch."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez D- "It is a film full of nothing. Why is anyone supposed to watch it?"   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 1/4 "At 15 minutes, it might be deemed an interesting experiment. At ONE-HUNDRED and 15 minutes you have a film that tests the limits of the audience's control to stay awake and in their seats."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress D "It may seem perversely appropriate that a picture that's mostly about waiting should make you wait for something to happen, but what may be artistically defensible isn't necessarily pleasurable."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek "A pretentious and tedious tale of a killer on a mission."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat D+ "An exercise in pseudo-stylishness finds Jarmusch clinging to a faded notion of what constitutes cool, to an ideal of hip that smacks distastefully of the '90s--back when this brand of indie-pretentious, faux-mystical hitman bull could pass muster."   Cinepinion   Henry Stewart 2/4 "For those who prefer substance over style, The Limits of Control has little to offer beyond the tedium of a half-baked storyline with undeveloped characters."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 53/100 "Jim Jarmusch takes no prisoners, especially from his audience, in his quest for art house glory."   MovieMartyr.com   Jeremy Heilman 4/6 "Jim Jarmusch's latest - his best since Dead Man (1995) - practically begs for dissection and analysis, but it's better, perhaps, to read the film's many repeated symbols, sayings and actions as mood enhancers rather than intellect stimulators"   Time Out New York   Keith Uhlich C+ "This screed against big Government and technology in favor of Bohemianism, music, film and painting by way of searching for one's own reality may be pretentious..., but it is also a cinematic puzzle that will divert film geeks."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford "A bad-ass film, probably the most overtly and self-consciously bad-ass film Jim Jarmusch has made."   Not Coming to a Theater Near You   Leo Goldsmith "Plods along with a self-seriousness that borders on parody."   The Screengrab   Nick Schager 4/5 "While "The Limits of Control" is a curiously unsatisfying work as a whole, especially when coming from a filmmaker of Jarmusch's stature, it nevertheless contains a number of undeniably engaging elements."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski "Seems to exist neither in complete reality or complete fantasy."   Projection Booth   Rob Humanick 8/10 "The medium is the message in this slow but sure road piece. Little action and almost no dialog emphasize the seductive photography and make a film that keeps moving in spite of itself."   Monsters and Critics   Ron Wilkinson 10/10 "Where I see thrilling structural and formal exploration, another viewer could see so much pretentious twaddle, and that's a perfectly reasonable response."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 24) of 24 OFCS Rating: 50% Rotten Page   1