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26 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawWhat a thoroughly wonderful sophomore feature from the British director Ben Sharrock – witty, poignant, marvellously composed and shot, moving and even weirdly gripping.
- 88Washington PostMichael O'SullivanWashington PostMichael O'SullivanIt’s tempting — and not entirely inaccurate — to call this oddly moving little film a comedy-drama, but if so, it’s a dark one at that.
- 83The Film StageJared MobarakThe Film StageJared MobarakWhat begins as a modest and perhaps slight take on the refugee crisis tinged by an acquired yet welcome taste of British comedy, however, slowly reveals its underlying drama via the stark inevitability of its existence. You can only deflect from your plight so long before the stress and anxiety bubbles back to the surface.
- 83The A.V. ClubRoxana HadadiThe A.V. ClubRoxana HadadiThe narrowness of the frame forces us closer to what is caught within it, and the result is often bracing or achingly tender.
- 75ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliDespite its share of missteps (the most egregious of which unfortunately occurs late in the proceedings), Limbo is just weird and wonderful enough to earn a recommendation. What starts out as an exercise in absurdist and surreal comedy turns into a serious examination of the artificial boundaries that have been drawn to divide humanity in the name of nationalism.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonThe Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonLimbo is an appealing little gem overall, with a feel-good message about the kindness of strangers that is glib and simplistic but hard to resist.
- 63Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenA comedy about the migrant crisis is more daring than a coming-of-age story, and Limbo, wanting it both ways, dilutes its best instincts with sops to formula.