Crimes of the Future

"David Cronenberg goes full Cronenberg (...) As has often been the case with the director’s second-tier work, the approach is too cold and cerebral to, ahem, get under the skin." 

"A speculative horror-comedy as wildly deranged as it is beautifully controlled (...) it’s marvelous to have Cronenberg back and to behold his undimmed, unparalleled skill at welding the formulations of horror and science fiction to the cinema of ideas" 

"David Cronenberg's hazy mood piece may not be as gross as advertised, but it's also so much sweeter than anticipated (...) Don’t get me wrong, “Crimes of the Future” is Cronenberg to the core" 

"The film lures you in and tugs you along, abetted by Howard Shore’s fantastic score, which at times suggests the slow movement of Beethoven’s 7th Symphony as rewritten by Boris Karloff." 

"Cronenberg continues to plumb his obsessions, both narrative and visual, and he brings enough energy and bravado to the mix to make this an oft-told story that he’s recounting as though for the first time." 

"Aside from a few neat visual tricks, the film unfurls mostly in shadows and corners, and so do its characters' inner lives. There's not much to grab onto logic-wise, because so little is revealed" 

"What could have been a grossly and even off-puttingly gruesome display of torturous experiments and corporal corruption has been treated with an unexpectedly light and even playful hand"