86
Metascore
36 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100SalonStephanie ZacharekSalonStephanie ZacharekLynch's Hollywood is a grand old girl, but she's one with some very treacherous curves. To trace the contours of her sensuality, you need a camera as sensitive as a set of fingertips. Lynch's is.
- 100Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonLike "Memento," Mulholland Drive is an amnesiac noir in the tradition that goes back to "Spellbound" and "Somewhere in the Night."
- 100New Times (L.A.)Gregory WeinkaufNew Times (L.A.)Gregory WeinkaufWhile this road may contain too many potholes -- and plotholes -- to sustain an even ride, there are moments of greatness scattered throughout to remind us why Lynch is vital and why the French think he's so nifty.
- 100VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyA genuinely ominous and suspenseful thriller.
- 88Baltimore SunMichael SragowBaltimore SunMichael SragowA dizzying - sometimes frustrating - marvel of moviemaking instinct and ingenuity.
- 88Miami HeraldRene RodriguezMiami HeraldRene RodriguezIt just requires an open mind, a love of film and a willingness to dream.
- 75Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittIt will frustrate viewers who like stories to make instant sense, but fans of provocative puzzles will have mind-teasing fun.
- 75New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickNo classic like "The Big Sleep," another famously impossible-to-follow Los Angeles thriller. But for those willing to hang on for dear life, Lynch makes it worth their while.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannSan Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannExhilarating not only for its dreamlike images and fierce, frequently reckless imagination but also for the fact that it got made (and released) at all.
- 67Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldSeattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldAs riveting as it may be, his film is a total shaggy-dog story.