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Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times: This is one of those deliriously unhinged movies that looks, feels and sounds genuinely insane, for all the right artistic reasons. Read more
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: While Lunacy leaves you with the impression that Svankmajer is more expressive with cutlets than he is with his atypically human-dominated dreamscape, some of the images are doozies. Read more
Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle: Fans of movies about inmates who take over an asylum -- King of Hearts and Marat/Sade are prime examples -- will be amused by this surrealistic take on the subject punctuated by animated interludes featuring, of all things, dancing meat. Read more
Tasha Robinson, AV Club: His grim explanation of the film's themes and intent comes in handy, particularly during its most stomach-churning excesses and its overlong second act, but he underestimates its artfulness. Read more
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: At nearly two hours Lunacy becomes repetitive, at first ingeniously and then with a slowly dulling edge. The meat parade ceases to shock. Read more
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: For all its visual surprises and visceral shocks, Lunacy is still the kind of film that is easier to admire than it is to actually like. Read more
Ella Taylor, L.A. Weekly: Lunacy feels programmatic, the repetitive working through of an idea that had me checking my watch. Read more
Stephen Williams, Newsday: A bad dream leads to constant conscious nightmares in this wacky, surreal creepshow from over-the-edge Czech filmmaker Jan Svankmajer. Read more
Bill Stamets, Chicago Sun-Times: A horse-drawn carriage crossing an expressway overpass promises a more subversive ride than Svankmajer delivers. Read more
Jay Weissberg, Variety: Lunacy is billed as a horror film, 'with all the degeneracy of the genre,' but refuses simple straight jacketing. Read more
J. Hoberman, Village Voice: Connoisseurs of the disgustingly visceral will find Jan Svankmajer hardly mellowed at 72. Lunacy is dark, scary, and yucky -- even by the Czech animator's own standards. Read more