75
Metascore
36 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaPhiladelphia InquirerSteven ReaWildly sad, funny and terrific documentary.
- 90Dallas ObserverBill GalloDallas ObserverBill GalloAn ideal film for movie buffs, who are bound to delight in each new misfortune even as they sympathize with the documentarians' sometimes inflated vision of a tortured genius at work.
- 80The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasAt once bitterly funny and devastating, Lost In La Mancha sides with Gilliam in form and spirit, piecing together the train wreck with snaky humor and interludes that cleverly mimic his Monty Python collage animations.
- 80Washington PostStephen HunterWashington PostStephen HunterThe documentary is fascinating, but hardly enjoyable. It's like watching ants eat an elephant.
- 80Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonLike rubbernecking motorists, we can't help but watch with lurid fascination.
- 75New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsLost in La Mancha basically catches "Don Quixote" in free fall…It's our loss nonetheless. Gilliam is one of the great film fantasists of our age, and one expects he would have done Cervantes proud.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannSan Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannCaptures one of the wildest, most heartbreaking episodes in Gilliam's career.
- 70SlateDavid EdelsteinSlateDavid EdelsteinSquirmily funny documentary.
- 60TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghThe film should be required viewing for all aspiring filmmakers, but the story's road-accident appeal is universal.
- 20The New RepublicStanley KauffmannThe New RepublicStanley KauffmannSo this is not, as vaunted, a documentary about a film destroyed by temperaments and tizzies. It is the account of a medical catastrophe that could have spoiled the opening of a supermarket.