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Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: A hypnotic cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture. Read more
Elvis Mitchell, New York Times: Much of All About Lily Chou-Chou is mesmerizing: some of its plaintiveness could make you weep. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: While the story's undeniably hard to follow, Iwai's gorgeous visuals seduce. Read more
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Bravura, ambitious and profoundly disturbing. It is also a daunting, demanding experience, one whose complex structure makes it a challenge to track despite literate subtitles. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: Iwai creates Yuichi's world as much through disembodied moments of sight and sound as through action, building to a surprising stab of melancholy. Read more
Ernest Hardy, L.A. Weekly: One of the most haunting, viciously honest coming-of-age films in recent memory. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: This movie is maddening. It conveys a simple message in a visual style that is willfully overwrought. Read more
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: If your taste runs to 'difficult' films you absolutely can't miss it. Read more
Jonathan Curiel, San Francisco Chronicle: Once you get into its rhythm ... the movie becomes a heady experience. Read more
Peter Howell, Toronto Star: For all of its insights into the dream world of teen life, and its electronic expression through cyber culture, the film gives no quarter to anyone seeking to pull a cohesive story out of its 2 1/2-hour running time. Read more
Mike D'Angelo, Time Out: For all its impressive craftsmanship, and despite an overbearing series of third-act crescendos, Lily Chou-Chou never really builds up a head of emotional steam. Read more
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice: It's a uniquely lonely film, and one of the year's most memorable. Read more