78
Metascore
35 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeA prickly little gem by a singular artist.
- 90New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriNew York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriJuly takes these weird, desperate characters and gives their lives a couple of cosmic twists that serve both to clarify her vision and to expand it. This might be her best film yet.
- 83IndieWireEric KohnIndieWireEric KohnJuly’s style is at once cerebral and irreverent, but “Kajillionaire” doesn’t always find the most satisfying way to juggle those dueling tones. However, its spell lingers as July’s biggest concepts take root, and the movie turns from tragic to hopeful at an unlikely moment in tune with the artist’s previous works.
- 80Screen DailyTim GriersonScreen DailyTim GriersonA beautifully bizarre film whose considerable strangeness allows for sharp observations about family, loneliness and the terror of emotional intimacy, Kajillionaire is further proof of writer-director Miranda July’s ability to bend reality to her will.
- 80VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeIn the end, Kajillionaire is less about the con than it is the connection, and we’re all the richer as a result.
- 75The Film StageJordan RaupThe Film StageJordan RaupMore abstract than her previous films–and therefore, I imagine, off-putting to many–the steady, surreal, and sweet flashes of brilliance in this one-of-a-kind story are enough to sustain interest during some of the more tedious passages.
- 75The PlaylistJessica KiangThe PlaylistJessica KiangIt’s a film that requires you to indulge its patience-testing pace, monotonous dialogue delivery and frustrating anti-characterization for a very long time before you earn the right to unwrap the borderline transcendent gift of its absolutely beautiful ending.
- 75SlashfilmChris EvangelistaSlashfilmChris EvangelistaJuly – and her performers – find humanity lurking within their quirky oddballs. There’s also plenty of humor to be had, mostly from Wood’s deadpan delivery.
- 70TheWrapCarlos AguilarTheWrapCarlos AguilarAlthough Kajillionaire fails to fully engage in the same manner as July’s previous dramedies, it’s not entirely unsuccessful as it still compels us to see the people in front of us — not with rushed judgment, but with curiosity for the burdens or joys that have made them who they are. And it makes us chuckle while at it.
- 70Film ThreatLorry KiktaFilm ThreatLorry KiktaIt is leaps and bounds above the average boring status quo comedies, and it is exceptionally well-crafted.