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Synopsis

Only Harmony Korine (KIDS, GUMMO) could weave Michael Jackson, Marilyn Monroe, her daughter Shirley Temple, and flying nuns into a hypnotically funny and truly poignant tale of the instability behind fanaticism and the redemption we can hope to find in one another. The film follows a lonely Michael Jackson impersonator who is invited by a beautiful Marilyn Monroe to a commune in the Scottish Highlands full of other impersonators, including the Queen of England, Madonna, Sammy Davis Jr., and James Dean. In a parallel storyline, the incomparable Werner Herzog plays a Latin American priest who learns his missionary of nuns can literally fly.

Film Information

• Genre: Comedy / Drama
• Director: Harmony Korine
• Written By: Harmony Korine Avi Korine
• Starring: Diego Luna, Samantha Morton, Denis Lavant, James Fox, Melita Morgan, and Anita Pallenberg
• Running Time: 112 minutes, approx.
• MPAA Rating: Not Rated
• Language: English
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Reviews

"The film is damn near a masterpiece. Let’s hope we don’t have to wait so long to see what Korine will do next."

   - Don R. Lewis, Film Threat

"Korine's latest film, Mister Lonely, is no different, but this film has a sweetness that has rarely, if ever, been present in his previous work."

   - Travis Nichols, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

"What to make of it all? Hard to say. Just to take in the fact that its soundtrack is made up of music by both J. Spaceman and Sun City Girls is to understand that this is a picture that's divided against itself in a way that's perhaps too hermetic to be comprehended."

   - Glenn Kenny, Premiere

"Korine is finding his way toward artistic greatness by searching his soul. It's possible that the man in the mirror is him."

   - Wesley Morris, Boston Globe

"Mister Lonely, self-enclosed though it may be, nonetheless demonstrates that Mr. Korine, who showed his ability to shock and repel in earlier films, also has the power to touch, to unsettle and to charm. This is undoubtedly a small movie, but it's also more than that: it's a small, imperfect world."

   - A.O. Scott, The New York Times

Showtimes

• Friday, August 1st
  8:45 pm
• Saturday, August 2nd
  3:30 pm, 8:45 pm
• Sunday, August 3rd
  6:30 pm
• Monday, August 4th
  8:45 pm
• Tuesday, August 5th
  6:30 pm