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24 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Film ThreatNorman GidneyFilm ThreatNorman GidneyWriter-director duo Albert Birney and star Kentucker Audley take us on a whimsical journey that bends timelines and genres, resulting in a consistently absurd, hilarious adventure.
- 83The PlaylistRodrigo PerezThe PlaylistRodrigo PerezBeneath the layers of fuzzy frequencies, feverish absurdism, and kaleidoscopic tints lives an inconspicuously poignant movie about existentialist dread, the very human need to reduce the noise, and the genuine longing for connection in a chaotic, jumbled up world.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterJourdain SearlesThe Hollywood ReporterJourdain SearlesStrawberry Mansion is a movie about the preservation of imagination. There is definitely an undercurrent of anti-corporate messaging that is always relevant in this modern media landscape. But these themes are not presented with a heavy hand. The point that the film is trying to make can be taken as lightly or as seriously as one likes. What Audley and Birney seem to want most is for audiences to allow themselves to be overtaken by their deliberately childlike approach to storytelling.
- 80Vanity FairCassie da CostaVanity FairCassie da CostaIt’s easy to mistake Strawberry Mansion for a simple parable about advertising and the federal government. But ultimately, it’s a strange film about art and its conditions.
- 75The Film StageJordan RuimyThe Film StageJordan RuimyThe film is equal parts lovely and frightening as it explores romantic bliss, destructive capitalism, and the significance of the subconscious state we all spend a third of our lives experiencing.
- 75Slant MagazinePat BrownSlant MagazinePat BrownStrawberry Mansion playfully and delightfully draws parallels between the creative agency of dreams and the waking creativity of filmmaking.
- 50SlashfilmHoai-Tran BuiSlashfilmHoai-Tran BuiIt’s pop art made into a feature film, which is a swell idea — if there’s an emotional core that can carry the audience through the staid surrealism. But Audley and the rest of the cast choose to play their characters like stoic ciphers, barely formed archetypes who glide through the film as if in some kind of permanent dream state themselves, making Strawberry Mansion feel even less anchored to reality.