
Berlin. Forty years from today. A roiling city of immigrants, where East crashes against West in a science-fiction Casablanca. Leo Beiler (Skarsgard), a mute bartender has one reason and one reason only for living here, and she's disappeared. But when Leo's search takes him deeper into the city's underbelly, an odd pair of American surgeons (led by Rudd) seem to be the only recurring clue, and Leo can't tell if they can help, or who he should fear most.... (Full plot summary below)
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Berlin. Forty years from today. A roiling city of immigrants, where East crashes against West in a science-fiction Casablanca. Leo Beiler (Skarsgard), a mute bartender has one reason and one reason only for living here, and she's disappeared. But when Leo's search takes him deeper into the city's underbelly, an odd pair of American surgeons (led by Rudd) seem to be the only recurring clue, and Leo can't tell if they can help, or who he should fear most.
Leave your thoughts about Mute.
| Hollywood NewsJoey MagidsonIt won't be for everyone, but it's something strangely compelling to watch. |
| Film InquiryLee JuttonIt's a particularly disappointing misfire from the man that gave us the low-key masterpiece of Moon, and yet another nail in the coffin of Netflix as a destination for quality original films. |
| Shotgun CinemaPatrick KolanIf films like this stop being funded altogether in favour of crowd-pleasers rather than crowd-challengers, we're damned. That's your most plausible dystopian future, folks. |
| Fresh FictionCourtney HowardWhile it hints at a modest complexity bubbling beneath the surface, it's never particularly interested in making a resounding statement. |
| Daily Record (UK)Garry McConnachieMute feels like Jones's most personal film to date. It's ambitious, it's flawed but it's beautiful. |
| FilmFedDouglas DavidsonFor as debased and violent as Mute is, it's also incredibly cerebral and Netflix encourages the kind of online social engagement that cultivates discussion. |
| ColliderMatt GoldbergLike Jones' divisive Warcraft, Mute is uncompromising. But compromise isn't the worst thing in the world. |
| The PlaylistAndy Crump"Mute" is an object lesson in the need for self-editing in narrative fiction of any stripe. By trying to do everything, the film ends up saying next to nothing. |
| CinemaBlendSean O'ConnellBlade Runner's kinky cousin. ... What Mute lacks in originality, it makes up for in risky storytelling and unpredictably grimy plot decisions. |
| GeekBob ChipmanFor too long it just feels like we're watching a very compelling detective story being inexplicably interrupted at regular intervals by a series of disconnected cyberpunk character-vignettes. |