the film is stupendous: as antic as Boogie Nights and Punch-Drunk Love, but with The Master and There Will Be Blood's uncanny feel for the swell and ebb of history
all of the actors struggle to make their gnarly, florid, highfalutin' dialogue sound natural, some more successfully than others, but the ultimate druggy and self-indulgent futility of this project defeats their best efforts
by Robbie Collin [Daily Telegraph ]
