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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88RogerEbert.comRogerEbert.comThe ethereal essay provides a bounty of poetry, in the form of a measured narration by international treasure Tilda Swinton, and an extensively labored assembly of 200 black-and-white film clips.
- 80The GuardianJordan HoffmanThe GuardianJordan HoffmanFirst with the telephone, then early cinema, the magic of wireless radio and, finally, television, Dreams Rewired bombards the senses with a thorough and clever montage of found footage from the 1890s to the pre-war era.
- 70Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlVillage VoiceAlan ScherstuhlThe filmmakers aren't arguing that mass-media tech leads to fascism, but they suggest, with some lightness, that our interconnectedness certainly facilitates it. But Dreams Rewired is no polemic, and it never mocks the past.
- 60The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenDreams Rewired is mostly content to entertain. Its explanations of how new inventions work are simplified to the point of superficiality.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeIts feature-length assemblage of found footage, unified by an original soundtrack and eccentric narration by Tilda Swinton, will be too much of a good thing for some art-house patrons. But auds accustomed to the work of Bill Morrison and other archive-combing meditation artists should respond warmly.
- 50Slant MagazineChristopher GraySlant MagazineChristopher GrayThe documentary isn't advancing an argument so much as simply restating a European socialistic breed of fact.
- 50New York PostFarran Smith NehmeNew York PostFarran Smith NehmeTilda Swinton narrates this oddball, meandering essay film.