Jupiter's Moon

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Jupiter's Moon beams with energetic style, but loses the plot as it meanders through a series of ideas without much discernible payoff.

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Movie Info

A young man is shot while illegally crossing a border and is sent to a refugee camp. When it is discovered that the wounded man can levitate at will, a doctor with his own agenda smuggles the man out.

Genre:

drama, sci fi
Original Language:

Hungarian
Director:

Kornél Mundruczó
Producer:

Viola Fügen, Michel Merkt, Viktória Petrányi, Michael Weber
Writer:

Kornél Mundruczó, Kata Wéber
Release Date (Streaming):

Mar 7, 2019
Runtime:

2h 3m
Production Co:

KNM, ZDF/Arte

Cast & Crew

Merab Ninidze
Gabor Stern

Zsombor Jéger
Aryan Dashni

György Cserhalmi
László

Mónika Balsai
Vera

Ákos Birkás
György

Péter Haumann
Zentai

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Critic Reviews for Jupiter's Moon (Jupiter holdja)

All Critics (42) | Top Critics (13) | Fresh (21) | Rotten (21)

Astounding.

April 17, 2020 | Full Review…

J. R. Jones
Chicago Reader
[An] ambitious, enjoyable sci-fi experiment ...

January 7, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Simran Hans
Observer (UK)
Some virtuoso visual imagery and poignant contemporary themes go searching for a plot and proper characters in this hit-and-miss Hungarian drama.

January 5, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Kevin Maher
Times (UK)
Reconcile yourself to the fact that the thematic loose ends are never going to be sensibly tied up ... and it's possible to coast through the entire film on its unflagging visual bravado alone.

January 5, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Robbie Collin
Daily Telegraph (UK)
The brilliant Hungarian director Kornel Mundruczo's latest feature sits uncomfortably between political allegory and thriller.

January 4, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Geoffrey Macnab
Independent (UK)
Take away all the camera-swirling and giddiness and you're left with an empty sci-fi shell.

May 26, 2017 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

David Jenkins
Little White Lies
'Jupiter's Moon' ends up in a limbo that will prevent it from being remembered either as a social drama or as an anomaly in the contemporary fantasy cinema. [Full Review in Spanish]

August 6, 2019 | Full Review…

Víctor López G.
Espinof
It's good that this subject has been done at all but ultimately strangely disappointing.

August 27, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Alexa Dalby
Dog and Wolf
While certainly not for all tastes, Mundruczó's provocative and hugely ambitious head-trip proves both ravishing and rewarding to those who yield to its powers.

June 10, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

James Marsh
South China Morning Post
Its imagery is exhilarating, and the plot surges forward with a loopy energy, challenging us to hang on for the ride.

May 7, 2018 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall
It'll be remembered not for its rather woolly handling of serious subject matter, but for a couple of excellent performances, and the stunning images and sequences conjured by Mundruczó and Rév. You should probably see it but don't expect to love it.

February 2, 2018 | Full Review…

Andrew Winter
Film Inquiry
Jupiter's Moon is an insubstantial and incomplete sci-fi yarn that strives for the dystopian heat of, say, Children Of Men -- but is too caught up in effects and a litany of inescapably mannered long takes that contribute nothing.

January 14, 2018 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Hilary A White
Sunday Independent (Ireland)