Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Reptileenbu Did you people see the same film I saw?

BeSummers Funny, strange, confrontational and subversive, this is one of the most interesting experiences you'll have at the cinema this year.

Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

riffraffrichard An almost meditative experience with a sprinkle of humour and poetry thats pulls everything together as an excellent minimalist movie. If you are expecting a conventional narrative with plenty of action, this movie could be perceived as boring or vacuous. However, you will be rewarded if you go with the flow of the beautiful cinematography and pacing that helps to explore some interesting philosophical ideas in a visual way. Jarmusch uses repetitive imagery to create a sense of how the main character maintains balance and stability on his unpredictable journey through Spanish landscapes, mysterious strangers and art galleries. The slow and calm pace of the film allows the viewer to experience the main characters discipline, deep focus and intuition. Some great experimental filmmaking here.

bluewanders I'll start off by telling you what is great about this film. The cinematography and the use of color are absolutely gorgeous in this film. That's it.Truth told, this movie should be filed as a documentary under landscapes, paintings, and Spanish guitar riffs. That's the bulk of the movie.It begins with the words "life is dirt" and from that stark and empty statement is born a movie you will love to look at but it has no substance. --beginning of spoiler--Allow me to save you some trouble, you really only need to watch the first 20 minutes or so of the movie. Here is how it goes... the main character orders 2 espressos in separate cups from some random source and sits down to stare at a wall or a tree for a few minutes while only drinking one of them... apparently the other is just there for symmetry. Then a super secret but incredibly suspicious and conspicuous person approaches him to have a shallow one sided conversation at him about the nature of life and art (nearly breaking the 4th wall at times in cheeky and pretentious ways to convert the conversation into a still life commenting on the creation of art itself) while he stares blankly in their general direction. Afterwards they exchange a coded message in a matchbox with him and walk away in slow motion while a Spanish fellow strums throatily on his guitar and pretends to be significant. Then the main character eats the coded message, stares at something for a while, usually a single painting, and begins some method of transportation where you will enjoy watching the landscape flash by and more throaty guitar riffs for minutes on end. The cycle will repeat itself a few times. Bang. Mysterious and artsy movie over.-- end of spoiler--You'll experience a few oblique moments of political symbolism leaning toward anarchism and a few aha moments when you realize that there is more of the plot in the visual narrative than anywhere else (it certainly wasn't in the cliché dialog or posturing)... but the director utterly fails to use the film as a springboard to say anything worth the 2 hour wait for it to finish. In the end... this artist is doing nothing more than providing you an opportunity to talk to yourself and I'm sure Andy Warhols skull near the end is laughing at us all.Tomorrow night I plan to watch a TV dinner rotate in my microwave while I comment on its use of color and framing. I have a feeling it won't be anywhere near as lovely to look at, but will be just as significant and more filling.

deherwe Yes, this film is slow, maybe even painfully stagnant due to long scenes and shots of mundane activates. Yes, it does not have much of a plot. Yes, the dialogue is scarce. However, these should not be reasons to not see a movie. A film can still achieve a lot without a fast plot or lots of chatting. What makes a movie really unwatchable is if it is thoroughly uninteresting, which is what Limits of Control is doubtlessly guilty of being.From the first scene, where two men speak to each other through a translator who does not understand the conversation, Limits of Control hails itself as postmodern with the line "Reality is subjective…Reality is arbitrary," From there, the film simply proceeds to tick off a list of stereotypical postmodern themes: subjectivity of reality/human experience, an inability to communicate with others, feeling isolated from the rest of humanity, a plot that refuses to make itself logical to its audience, etc. It even chooses fill most of the movie's runtime with the most boring moments possible: endless minutes of sitting, watching, stretching, and walking. This is a stereotypical postmodern blending of fiction and reality, art that imitates real life. After all, those boring moments are what we, as the audience, fill our days with. As the film continues, the plot repeats over and over the ideas presented in the first half hour, contributing nothing new, even up to the film's conclusion.Ultimately, Limits of Control presents no new interpretations of postmodern ideas. It is textbook, operating off of the same concepts Tomas Pynchon had written about fifty years ago. Unlike films like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Limits of Control does not play with its ideas, have fun with them, or stack layers of confusion and meaning. It is too self-obsessed with presenting itself as art.P.S. It might be worth mentioning that the only enjoyable part of the movie was the two-minute cameo by Bill Murray. Too bad it was right at the end.

Chris Lewis This movies is nothing short of brilliant. Not because less than 200 words that are said, but mostly because the mind allows you to create what is happening. This allows for a multi-verse of options for what's really going on. Not a single character has a name either. The message I believe in this movie is more about imagination (clearly stated in the movie) and leaves the watcher hooked. I found this movie flipping through HBO and it took nothing short of "no words" to hook me. I instantly restarted the film and was amazed at the concept in which was defined here. I will say it lacked some detail, but I think that's what the write/director had in mind. It's noted on a couple of occasions to "use your imagination" Genius idea and creative simplicity. Oh and I watched it twice. The 2nd time it seem to make more sense. . . at least in my own mind.