
Lunacy
2005, Fantasy/Horror, 2h 1m
34 Reviews 2,500+ RatingsWhat to know
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A Svankmajer movie is not for everyone, but he displays his usual creative flair for surreal imagery. Read critic reviews
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Jean Berlot
The Marquis
Charlotte
Dr. Coulmiere
Dr. Murlioppe
Director
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Critic Reviews for Lunacy
All Critics (34) | Top Critics (16) | Fresh (22) | Rotten (12)
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June 1, 2007 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… -
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March 17, 2007 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review… -
A horse-drawn carriage crossing an expressway overpass promises a more subversive ride than Svankmajer delivers.
October 27, 2006 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review… -
While Lunacy leaves you with the impression that Svankmajer is more expressive with cutlets than he is with his atypically human-dominated dreamscape, some of the images are doozies.
October 26, 2006 | Rating: 2.5/4 -
This is one of those deliriously unhinged movies that looks, feels and sounds genuinely insane, for all the right artistic reasons.
October 13, 2006 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review… -
At nearly two hours Lunacy becomes repetitive, at first ingeniously and then with a slowly dulling edge. The meat parade ceases to shock.
September 8, 2006 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for Lunacy
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Jul 07, 2011A mentally unstable man meets a modern day Marquis de Sade who holds blasphemous rituals in his basement and convinces his guest to commit himself to an insane asylum run by the inmates. In between scenes we see clips of steaks and disembodied tongues slithering about. It's bizarre, but not the strangest from surrealist animator Svankmejer; if you squint hard, it even looks like an ordinary horror movie. The tag line says it best: "Edgar Allen Poe + the Marquis de Sade + Jan Svankmejer = Lunacy."Greg S Super Reviewer
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Oct 10, 2006If you're not familiar with Svankmajer's unique style of finding the endearing in the disgusting, nor grown accustomed to his meat puppets or skeletal animals, you might find this movie somewhat aversive at first - hopefully only to discover its brilliance in the end.vieras e Super Reviewer
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