Lost Girls & Love Hotels Reviews
Johnny Loftus Decider
A quiet, studied film that ruminates over isolation.
Full Review | Feb 16, 2021
Kat Hughes THN
Daddario is good in every project she takes on, but here her talents are wasted; there is little here to stretch her.
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 8, 2021
Peter Bradshaw Guardian
There is... something well controlled in the movie as it maintains its cool, even pace and Alexandra Daddario's performance as the vulnerable, secretive yet emotionally open Margaret is smart.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 4, 2021
Frank Wilkins Reel Reviews
Well-acted, well-executed, and bathed in the moody atmosphere of Tokyo's underworld, Lost Girls & Love Hotels is unquestionably a beauty to look at ... but the film never finds firm footing in its pointless storytelling and lethargic pacing.
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 19, 2020
Paul Risker PopMatters
It's an act of sharing between Hanrahan, the filmmakers, the cast, and the viewers, and this is what makes it a rewarding experience.
Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | Oct 8, 2020
Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times
This is one of the better intimate dramas of the year.
Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Sep 25, 2020
Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid
The movie could have dived into an explosive Yakuza shoot-em-up ending, or it could have gone down a more lurid path, attempting to titillate with the sex, but instead, every scene is about lostness, about forever yearning and searching and not finding.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 24, 2020
Peter Sobczynski RogerEbert.com
Too vapid to work as a psychological drama, too silly to work as a passionate romance, and too tepid to work as a sexy guilty pleasure.
Full Review | Original Score: 1/4 | Sep 23, 2020
Tara McNamara Common Sense Media
Seedy BDSM sexual drama has nudity, language.
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 22, 2020
Michael Ordoña Los Angeles Times
This is a sober portrait of a woman in trouble, whose depressive, compulsive and self-destructive tendencies lead her down a dangerous road.
Full Review | Sep 21, 2020
Todd Jorgenson Cinemalogue
As a journey of redemption and self-discovery, it's neither sexy nor suspenseful.
Full Review | Sep 19, 2020
Daniel M. Kimmel North Shore Movies
Lost Girls & Love Hotels may not have a profound answer to the universal human dilemma of seeking connection, but in exploring the questions it gives us some food for thought.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 18, 2020
Justin Harrison The Spool
Even outside its constant Orientalism, Lost Girls and Love Hotels shoots itself in the foot at almost every opportunity.
Full Review | Sep 18, 2020
Charles Barfield The Playlist
Thanks to Daddario's performance, Lost Girls is at least a compelling look at the seedier side of Japan through the entrancing eyes of an American woman on the verge of collapse.
Full Review | Original Score: B- | Sep 18, 2020
Emily Wheeler Film Inquiry
Even a mood piece needs an arc or some point to all its wallowing, a fact that Lost Girls seems to have forgotten. Without that, the movie can't be saved, not even by its thoughtful, handsome production.
Full Review | Sep 18, 2020
John DeFore Hollywood Reporter
A persuasive depiction of aimless hedonism.
Full Review | Sep 17, 2020
Joey Magidson Hollywood News
Alexandra Daddario is the reason why this film works.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 17, 2020
Dennis Harvey Variety
Olsson's film works as an atmospheric mood piece and sometime erotic drama. It's less successful as a character study.
Full Review | Sep 17, 2020
Brian Orndorf Blu-ray.com
It's a real treat to see Daddario sink her teeth into a substantial part, doing a marvelous job communicating joylessness briefly interrupted by a flash of hope.
Full Review | Original Score: B | Sep 17, 2020
Eric Eisenberg CinemaBlend
One could look at it as a PSA against self-loathing, but mostly it's just a really bad movie.
Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Sep 17, 2020