Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

The critic finds Jarmusch's vampire romance a sublime, melancholy celebration of art, culture and enduring love that ranks among the director's finest. Swinton and Hiddleston's comic timing and the film's philosophical humour are singled out for particular praise.

A stylishly droll, funny and deeply romantic hangout movie that treats art as a reason to live and a rejuvenating force in a relationship.

Jarmusch’s vampire romance is an addictive mood and tone piece, a nocturnal reverie celebrating a centuries-long marriage; the director’s best work in years.

Jarmusch delivers a witty, tender and consummately chic essay on love, music and time that reinvigorates vampire clichés. Swinton and Hiddleston's funny yet tender performances are highlighted as making eternal love feel sophisticated.

Spending time with Jarmusch’s vaunted vampiric literati is engrossing; the film offers a decadence of sound and image while lamenting the erosion of Western culture.

The critic has warmed to the film since Cannes and praises its retro-chic connoisseurship and analogue-era rock as a brilliant haute-hippy homage. The sulphurous chemistry between Hiddleston and Swinton is singled out.

A neat little comedy about deadpan undead hipsters; charming and hard to resist once on its wavelength, despite some longueurs.

The critic finds Jarmusch's vampire tale haunting and idiosyncratic, praising its stylish take on the genre and the performances, though it preaches to the converted.

While not fully convinced by Jarmusch's themes and dialogue, the critic praises the soundtrack, stars' charisma, and the film's gothic elements, noting it strikes the right notes in key scenes.

Jarmusch delivers a cool, world-weary vampire romance between immortal lovers Adam and Eve, steeped in cultural references and ennui. The film is praised for its lush atmospheric cinematography, eclectic soundtrack, and blend of elitist chic with anti-elitist curiosity about art and knowledge.

The film is a slow-burn celebration of art, style and aimless conversation centered on a cool, centuries-old vampire couple. The critic highlights their exquisite taste, nocturnal habits and the inventive conceit involving historical figures like Christopher Marlowe.

The film is praised for its beautiful, groovy nocturnal atmosphere and the magnetic world of ultra-cool, cultured vampires created by Jarmusch. The story is criticised for dragging and becoming repetitive.

Jarmusch tweaks the vampire genre in this sweet but slight love story about world-weary hipster bloodsuckers with empathic chemistry between the leads. It works best as light comedy of social mores but the tragic dimension in the final act falls flat.

Jarmusch’s film is the second-most-intensely curated movie of the season after Wes Anderson’s latest, creating a grand artistic mythology around its vampire protagonists. It suffers from precision and a sensibility petrified in nostalgia, lacking documentary spontaneity.

The critic calls it a listless, haunting, and darkly humorous experience that plays to Jarmusch's strengths and may be his finest film in years. It features exquisite casting, especially Hiddleston and Swinton, and a perfect match of filmmaker and subject matter.

The critic praises Jarmusch for restoring elegant longing and moral depth to the vampire genre. The film is singled out for the couple's shared appreciation of culture, history, and each other amid a decaying world.

The review calls the film playful, referential, and enjoyable, with rich production design and strong lead performances. It highlights the romantic and funny central love story between the vampire couple.

The critic finds the film a smart and sexy take on vampire lore, witty and moving despite preconceptions about Jarmusch films and vampire tales. They single out the performances of Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston, along with Jarmusch’s direction and screenplay, for praise.

Jarmusch delivers a uniquely funny and poignant take on the vampire film, far from Twilight, focusing on the mixed bag of immortality, ennui, and the enduring power of love between two reflective old souls. The film reflects on getting older and feeling irrelevant through barbed humor and drifting nocturnal scenes.

Jarmusch's detached and drily amusing vampire romance captures the ennui of immortal lovers weary of human cultural decay, with fun in its world and fetish for physical media. It occasionally feels a little too cool for its own good but benefits from strong casting and name-dropping.

Jarmusch's minimalist vampire tale focuses on the domestic lives of centuries-old lovers Adam and Eve but lacks sufficient substance or engagement to match its stylish presentation. Solid performances, especially from Swinton and Hiddleston, are noted as superior to the material.