The grand pleasure of Mystery Train is seeing how a film with all the possibilities of being boring and soporific has a special dose of adrenaline within every demented sequence. [Full review in Spanish]

| Nov 3, 2022

Jarmusch says, 'Sometimes two people going to have an ice cream cone can be much more dramatic or insightful than two people shooting at each other.' What makes Mystery Train different is that he gives us both.

| May 20, 2020

It's a film about atmosphere and about feeling more than anything else, and in its own fashion succeeds remarkably.

| Jan 16, 2020

Mystery Train, evocatively photographed by the clear-eyed outsider Robby Muller, is occasionally touched with comic inspiration.

| Jan 11, 2020

...has the same weird beauty as a Van Morrison vocal, a mannered eccentricity that somehow cracks open and lays bear the stuttering, fervid heart of what could have been banal material.

| Original Score: 89/100 | Jul 3, 2010

... his unhurried rhythms give the deadpan mix of quirky Americana, pop culture, and cinematic poetry a quietly lived-in quality...

| Jun 27, 2010

Jarmuschs films are usually about the gradual accretion of small details than the articulation of a conventional narrative.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jun 22, 2010

(O)nce it plants itself within, it remains a vivid cultural memory.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Jun 22, 2010

Jarmusch finds visual poetry in the run-down, the ignored, and the decrepit, especially via the use of neon colors cutting into the darkness and the gray

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 21, 2010

The humor is here. It's so deadpan that it sneaks up on you.

| Jun 18, 2010

The three-part structure of Mystery Train is still a bit shambling and slight, but there's an undeniable air of deadpan cool that permeates the film and gives it a haunting sense of place.

| Original Score: B+ | Jun 10, 2010

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 21, 2007

Jarmusch's mildly entertaining film tells three stories that take place at the same time but are told sequentially (end-to-end) rather than through intercutting, which is Hollywood's prevalent norm.

| Original Score: C+ | Jan 29, 2007

Happily, Jarmusch's formal inventiveness is framed by a rare flair for zany entertainment ...

| Jun 24, 2006

Brilliantly witty and keenly observant of the social scene.

| Original Score: A | Feb 25, 2006

Intriguing, if hit-or-miss comedy from Jarmusch.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 2, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 9, 2005

It's the best thing Mr. Jarmusch has done to date.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 30, 2004

A beauty on-screen, but lacking a developed theme.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 8, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 14, 2004