The kind of gritty, naturalistic type of film that seldom gets made anymore.

| Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Sep 14, 2020

[Juno] Temple and [Simon] Pegg are very talented in other movies, but watching them trying to create chemistry together that doesn't exist in Lost Transmissions is almost painful to watch.

| Jul 12, 2020

The lack of attention to detail comes from a script which is more interested in its political message than in believable world-building.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 7, 2020

Overall, though, the story is vague and remote.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 6, 2020

Lost Transmissions is a clear-eyed view of schizophrenia, aided by a powerful Simon Pegg performance yet hamstrung by some woolly filmmaking and a whiff of pretension.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 30, 2020

It's too much. It's cringeworthy. It's profoundly hammy. But a smarter film could have hidden it better.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 27, 2020

It would've cost nothing extra to approach "Lost Transmissions" (a destined-to-be-misremembered title) on the script level more cleverly and even with more wit.

| Original Score: D | Jun 10, 2020

Despite a committed performance by Simon Pegg, the challenges of portraying mental illness on screen prove troublesome for this otherwise earnest drama.

| Apr 11, 2020

Simon Pegg and Juno Temple both bring typically great performances to their characters, but unfortunately, there isn't much here to connect to.

| Apr 3, 2020

A look at the serious subject of mental illness gives Simon Pegg a chance to show his dramatic skills. Still the movie overall fails to deliver the emotional impact it should.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Mar 31, 2020

An earnest attempt to find empathy in a horrifying situation, this indecisive drama doesn't quite emotionally connect its two main characters.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 20, 2020

The viewing experience wavers, but core elements of concern are showcased with ideal sharpness, keeping O'Brien on a mission to communicate a feeling of helplessness from those actively searching for help

| Original Score: B- | Mar 19, 2020

Tries to give us an honest or at least a realistic view on mental health issues by focusing on the relationship of a pair of musicians with mental health problems.

| Original Score: B | Mar 18, 2020

Temple and Pegg, when their characters aren't falling apart (and even sometimes when they are), convey intelligence and mutual regard with refreshing straightforwardness.

| Mar 17, 2020

A hard watch, Lost Transmissions takes us into the world of the suffering, without bombast and without flamboyance, in a way rarely shown onscreen.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 15, 2020

Pegg's performance here is certainly one to watch, gripping and dramatic and not like much we've seen from him before.

| Mar 13, 2020

[Pegg and Temple are] good enough to make you want to care, even when their characters don't seem to be worth caring about.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Mar 13, 2020

Perhaps the uncertainty about O'Brien portrayal of Theo's condition comes from the movie's almost dreamlike form...

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 13, 2020

Despite its penetrating handheld camerawork and mind-altering sound design, "Lost Transmissions" never quite manages to tune out the lingering element of self-indulgence.

| Mar 12, 2020

Lost Transmissions is an illuminating, poignant portrayal of living with mental illness in a country with an inadequate, and often reluctant, healthcare system.

| Mar 11, 2020