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The Nowhere Inn

2020

Bill Benz

St. Vincent, Carrie Brownstein, Ezra Buzzington, Toko Yasuda ...

5.0

126

Drama American Singer St. Vincent (Anne Erin "Annie" Clark) sets out to make a documentary about her music, but when she hires a close friend to direct, notions of reality, identity, and authenticity grow increasingly distorted and bizarre.

	Author	Review
United States	Chris Evangelista SlashFilm	"The story about Clark morphing into St. Vincent (...) is intriguing – but it’s constantly interrupted by vignette and skits that would be more at home on a TV series"	NEU
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"A mesmerizing seriocomic descent into the madness of modern fame (...) It’s amusing enough to get lost in this labyrinthine plotting for a breezy 91 minutes"	POS
United States	Leslie Felperin The Hollywood Reporter	"Like Schrodinger's cat (...) 'The Nowhere' Inn is simultaneously satire and fan service, frothy fun and pretentious nonsense, depending on what the viewer wants it to be."	NEU
United States	Nick Allen rogerebert.com	"A fascinating meta odyssey of rock stardom, Bill Benz's 'The Nowhere Inn' is a perfect antidote-turned-hallucinogenic for Taylor Swift documentary, 'Miss Americana'"	POS
United States	Simon Abrams The Wrap	"A collection of comedic and musical sketches that are not funny, weird or thoughtful enough to sell its creators’ insistent, but mostly trite and undeveloped"	NEG
United States	Amy Nicholson Variety	"Clark, who journalists consistently note is a deeply private artist, has succeeded in exposing everything and nothing (...) The film can feel so clever it gives you a headache"	POS
United States	Jessica Kiang The Playlist	"An exercise in playfully dodging the real issues and swatting away anything that threatens to land on a relatable insight."	NEU
United Kingdom	Phuong Le The Guardian	"[It] tries to tackle the question of authenticity. The effectiveness of a mockumentary requires an understanding of the subject it is satirising. Too hip for its own good, the film ends up going nowhere (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG

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