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Only Lovers Left Alive

R

Released Apr 11, 2014

2 hr. 2 min.

Drama

Romance

Horror

Fantasy

Sci-Fi

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86%

207 Reviews

Tomatometer

75%

10,000+ Ratings

Audience Score

Artistic, sophisticated and centuries old, two vampire lovers (Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston) ponder their ultimate place in modern society.

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Critics Consensus

Worth watching for Tom Hiddleston and Tilda Swinton's performances alone, Only Lovers Left Alive finds writer-director Jim Jarmusch adding a typically offbeat entry to the vampire genre.

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Aender S

A different and welcome take on the vampire legend.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/14/24

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Timjan H

Vampires, great environments, angles and settings, Tilda Swinton, Jim Jarmusch and SQURL... What is not to like?

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/16/24

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Angelo R

Not really a horror movie but, a beautiful portrayal of enduring life and love. Spellbinding story, easy to be entranced by. I was pulled in and thoroughly beguiled by the story and especially the actors.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/19/24

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Daniel B

Only Lovers Left Alive es un viaje psicodélico hacia los sentimientos más arraigados del humano, lo difícil de lidiar con la soledad, lo tangible y necesario que es el amor y lo difícil de ser perteneciente a una sociedad que se mueve más rápido de lo que podemos asimilar. Lo que vuelve interesante a los personajes es su sentimentalismo hacia una "época mejor"; una época que poco a poco se les ha sido arrebatada por la siguiente generación. Esta película podría parecer lenta en su desarrollo, pero me parece que si entramos en lo curioso de la primicia encontraremos una historia que se centra en indagar en los sentimientos que todos hemos tenido en algún momento, y me parece que ahí es donde está la magia de la narrativa tan pausada, el ser parte de las acciones tan mundanas de los personajes que sin importar lo tan atípico de la historia no deja de ser identificable; para mí esta historia es una oda en explorar lo que nos define a nosotros mismos más allá de lo físico, las cosas y lugares tan comunes que sin darnos cuenta son parte fundamental de nuestro constructo cómo individuos.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

11/16/23

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Alec B

I love Jarmuusch's confidence here. Excising plot is just what the vampire genre needed.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

11/10/23

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Adam H

I liked the vibe and brooding characterization. It has lots of those, for half of the movie, before there's much of a conflict. It's really miscategorized as "comedy" and slightly miscategorized as "romance." It seemed like the connecting thematic thread was about remaining "civilized" and "modern."

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/12/23

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Sarah Mirk

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The film is mostly a fun, sweet character study, but it's enjoyable flow is marred periodically by its own desire to be cool.

Jan 20, 2021

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Jason Bailey

Flavorwire

Somewhere around the lovely scene of Tilda Swinton dancing, freely and wholeheartedly, to the old soul record, Jarmusch's M.O. becomes clear: 'Only Lovers Left Alive' is a hanging-out move, just with vampires.

Jun 18, 2016

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Jonathan Romney

Film Comment Magazine

It makes for one of the most enjoyable and artful pieces of cinematic dandyism in the Jarmusch catalog, and for all its poised flipness, one of the saddest and most serious.

Jul 1, 2014

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

It’s a slick, stylish, and moody character piece that doesn’t shy away from asking good questions and prodding reflection.

Rated: 4.5/5

Aug 24, 2022

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

After settling into the unhurried reflections of Adam and Eve, the mellow film carries on with a pacing that's both bewitching and quietly absorbing

Rated: 3.5/4

Aug 15, 2022

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Nikki Baughan

AWFJ.org

A sparkling script and charismatic cast injects a new burst of life into a genre that's become pallid and toothless...

Jan 11, 2022

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Synopsis

Artistic, sophisticated and centuries old, two vampire lovers (Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston) ponder their ultimate place in modern society.

Director: Jim Jarmusch
Executive Producer: Christos V. Konstantakopoulos, Jean Labadie, Bart Walker, Stacey Smith, Peter Watson
Screenwriter: Jim Jarmusch
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co: Recorded Pictures Company, Pandora Filmproduktion GmbH
Rating: R (Language|Brief Nudity)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Horror, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 11, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 8, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.9M

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