Holy Motors

Holy Motors

Directed by Leos Carax

Produced by Pierre Grise Productions, Théo Films

2012116 min7.0 / 10

A surreal, shape-shifting meditation on identity and performance that treats life itself as a series of roles enacted by an unknowable being.

We follow 24 hours in the life of a being moving from life to life like a cold and solitary assassin moving from hit to hit. In each of these interwoven lives, the being possesses an entirely distinct identity: sometimes a man, sometimes a woman, sometimes youthful, sometimes old. By turns murderer, beggar, company chairman, monstrous creature, worker, family man.

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  • Is Holy Motors one of a kind? Yes, very. More singular than 95% of films.

  • Is Holy Motors sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.

  • Does Holy Motors end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 80% of films.

  • Is Holy Motors easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is Holy Motors scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 67% of films.

  • Is Holy Motors violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

69/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Distinctly its own thing.

Rarity95

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise47

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love70

How much audiences actually like it

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