Strawberry Mansion Reviews
This a magical world in which metaphysical love exists and I am here for it. I absolutely loved all the kookiness and quirks.
| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 19, 2024
This film had so much potential and so much passion put behind it from Audley and Birney. It is such a shame that for every good aspect of this film that I can say about the first hour, the last act just took that all away...
| Original Score: C+ | Mar 1, 2024
Truly one of those films that makes you believe that with enough imagination and ingenuity anything is possible.
| Feb 13, 2024
Thoroughly endearing as it goes into its phantasmagorical adventure made with an economical sense of craft that doesn’t skimp on fantastic imagery.
| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 24, 2022
A whimsical, science-fiction love story whose practical effects look not only like they were made by hand, but quite possibly by children. That is absolutely a compliment.
| Oct 3, 2022
More than the sum of its deadpan quirks.
| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 22, 2022
In Kentucker Audley and Albert Birney’s surreal lo-fi sci-fi psychodrama, a dull bureaucrat finds the girl of his dreams and his own imaginative escapism
| Sep 21, 2022
A sci-fi oddity that blends whimsical humour with hallucinatory visuals.
| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 16, 2022
…(the film’s) commitment to the weird and abstract world of the mind means that Strawberry Mansion is consistently engaging, but not always empathetic to watch…
| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 15, 2022
It’s not often that a totally bizarre, surreal film turns out to be so heart-warmingly beautiful, but Kentucker Audley and Albert Birney’s film manages to do just that.
| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 14, 2022
Beneath the crazy candy-coloured palette, there is actually some real human warmth in the love story, and the acting ensemble features some great comic performers in supporting roles...
| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 13, 2022
From the first frame, it's a work of bold designs and a strong directorial voice. But whether it all adds up to anything substantive is a different story.
| Original Score: 5/10 | Jul 8, 2022
Like in Brazil (Terry Gilliam, 1985), this story dresses up in romance to let us see the perils of the capitalism that has hijacked our dreams. [Full review in Spanish]
| Jun 29, 2022
A whimsical, mythical and strangely earnest tale, and a funky, hand-made-looking fantasy movie with a dream theme.
| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 27, 2022
With its richly detailed world and complex interior performances, Strawberry Mansion is a love letter to dreams, art, and cinema.
| Jun 27, 2022
Without characters we feel we know, and without a story that seems to be leading to a satisfying resolution, and without any genuine emotion, you just end up staring at the screen impassively, waiting for the credits to roll.
| Original Score: 1/4 | Jun 21, 2022
Despite the implication that dreams are cathartic, ungovernable expressions, Strawberry Mansion never musters the intensity necessary to make them feel worth fighting for.
| Original Score: 2/4 | May 11, 2022
Like watching a childrens show for adults, it delivers on the whimsy but fails to stick the landing.
| Mar 20, 2022
Combining the delightful and the absurd, Strawberry Mansion is a sweet triumph, an ode to imagination, and a manifesto on the wonders of love.
| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Mar 15, 2022
The film is, simply stated, a deliciously trippy adventure. The mission of this film was to make it feel like a dream, and Birney and Audley most definitely succeeded. It will most likely become a cult classic down the line.
| Original Score: 10/10 | Mar 7, 2022