
Sam (Andrew Garfield) is a disenchanted 33-year-old who discovers a mysterious woman, Sarah (Riley Keough), frolicking in his apartment's swimming pool. When she vanishes, Sam embarks on a surreal quest across Los Angeles to decode the secret behind her disappearance, leading him into the murkiest depths of mystery, scandal and conspiracy in the City of Angels.... (Full plot summary below)
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Sam (Andrew Garfield) is a disenchanted 33-year-old who discovers a mysterious woman, Sarah (Riley Keough), frolicking in his apartment's swimming pool. When she vanishes, Sam embarks on a surreal quest across Los Angeles to decode the secret behind her disappearance, leading him into the murkiest depths of mystery, scandal and conspiracy in the City of Angels.
Leave your thoughts about Under the Silver Lake.
| Time OutJoshua RothkopfThe ambition of Under the Silver Lake is worth cherishing. It will either evaporate into nothingness or cohere into something you’ll want to hug for being so wonderfully weird. |
| Cinemanía (Spain)Daniel de PartearroyoYou will want to see it more than once. [Full review in Spanish] |
| AV ClubA.A. DowdThe pervasive but almost offhand menace is supplied by Mitchell’s impeccable, widescreen mise-en-scène; the ordinary dread he locates in an unglamorous, mundane L.A.; and the way even the film’s comedy seems perched on the edge of unease. |
| El Pais (Spain)Jordi CostaThe film creates a hypnotic atmosphere, but ends up looking like a product too tailored for the cult movie fan. [Full Review in Spanish] |
| The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloEnabling and mocking paranoid obsession at the same time might sound incoherent. In this hilariously demented spin on L.A. noir, it’s simply honest. |
| The Film StageGiovanni Marchini CamiaThe plot’s construction might be derivative, but its serpentine execution is flawless, providing enough crazy turns and zany characters to sustain an escalating momentum for Silver Lake‘s nearly two-and-a-half-hour runtime. |
| El antepenúltimo mohicanoAlberto Sáez Villarino[David] Robert Mitchell astutely manages the tension through a tight use of black humor and the mystery of horror movies... [Full review in Spanish] |
| Daily Telegraph (UK)Tim RobeyIf this is Mitchell trying to go full-bore David Lynch – as a zine author and oddball collector, he pointedly casts Patrick Fischler, aka the diner-nightmare guy from Mulholland Drive and a sinister bureaucrat in Twin Peaks – he’s certainly not holding back. |
| indieWireEric KohnIt’s fascinating to watch Mitchell grasp for a bigger picture with the wild ambition of his scruffy protagonist. |
| Boston GlobeTy BurrThe dread in Mitchell’s film never cuts to the bone, because we never really care about his characters. |