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29 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyEntertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyCreative Control is a much more modest film (both visually and thematically) than something like Her or Ex Machina, but it never feels hamstrung by its limitations. If you go with its future-shock flow, it will cast a spell that feels like something between a dream and a nightmare.
- 75Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreThe story is lightweight and flimsy, and the resolution of the plot is too on-the-nose, pat, but the unfeeling nature of this future — about halfway to “Her” if you remember that film — and the mechanical nature of interactions, even sex, make Creative Control one of the most interesting recent exercises in film futurism.
- 70VarietyBen KenigsbergVarietyBen KenigsbergA contemplative tone, a zigzagging narrative, superb widescreen black-and-white cinematography and an infusion of dry humor make it feel genuinely fresh.
- 67ConsequenceDominick Suzanne-MayerConsequenceDominick Suzanne-MayerCreative Control ably captures the entitled narcissism of modern Brooklyn twentysomethings by way of a plausible near-future,
- 67The Film StageThe Film StageWell-acted, quietly funny, and with enough meat to keep a thinker satisfied, Creative Control pushes against just being beautiful to look at and manages something more.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeMore stylishly compelling and seamlessly produced than it is imaginative.
- 40The New YorkerRichard BrodyThe New YorkerRichard BrodyThe pleasures of the design fade along with those of the pat and callow drama.
- 30Village VoiceMelissa AndersonVillage VoiceMelissa AndersonThis toothless, silken-looking satire takes aim at easy targets: white Williamsburg ennui, technology, yoga.
- 25Slant MagazineClayton DillardSlant MagazineClayton DillardThe film is overrun with characters, but it's less interested in their identity than their plasticity.