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2018
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Hotel Artemis
Positive Reviews
108
Negative reviews
51
Average Rating
2.9
/5
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4.5
The most recent addition to that pantheon is Hotel Artemis, and much like the John Wick franchise its a hugely enjoyable take on a typical action prem ..
Den Of Geek
3.0
The rest is just midnight movie guts and noise, forgettable but fun.
EW
3.8
Making his directorial debut, screenwriter Drew Pearce is clearly paying homage to that style of filmmaking and pulls it off with entertaining, if som ..
Rogerebert
3.0
So Hotel Artemis definitely has plenty of positive elements they just feel separated at times by character stuff that doesnt truly fascinate.
Common Sense Media
2.0
An original, star studded, somewhat sci fi crime thriller in a summer movie season thats already bloated with sterile franchise junk, Drew Pearces dir ..
Indie Wire
1.5
He doesnt tap into the imagination to find anything fun in there, either.
Indie Wire
3.0
As debuts go, Pearce deserves points for ambition, but loses just as many for stealing from other movies.
Variety
3.0
Screenwriter turned auteur Drew Pearce has imbibed the spirit of The Killing or Reservoir Dogs with something of John Wick and added the futurist alie ..
The Guardian
3.0
Its a film arriving in a season mostly lacking in creativity thats filled with ideas, a misshapen B movie that tries to bring a jagged grindhouse sens ..
The Guardian
1.9
Writer director Drew Pearces Hotel Artemis offers up an indifferent vision of the future.
2.5
Too many subplots make the story feel cluttered and no more intelligent.
2.0
But like many movies set in colourfully bleak futures, Hotel Artemis cant sustain the novelty of its initial world building.
Screen Daily
1.5
Drew Pearces ambition to infuse human emotions in this unsettling, and partially gory, crime thriller doesnt really work.
ETimes (TOI)
3.0
Where Hotel Artemis gets really clever is how it explore the nature of escapism.
Collider
3.5
Its a little shallow, sure, but its nice when someone has a vision, even if it doesnt go deeper than the art department.
Vulture
3.5
Much of the movie lacks the sting and poignancy of the brothers subplot, but Pearce has conjured a believable netherworld as safe haven, deftly meldin ..
The Hollywood Reporter
4.0
Hotel Artemis feels like a throwback to a earlier, more stripped down era of action movies in which a good idea was a sufficient platform on which to ..
4.0
Theres a lot of genre flourish packed into a relatively tidy running time in Hotel Artemis, the directorial feature debut from the screenwriter Drew P ..
The New York Times
2.9
The result is a pulp buffet that feels like it should have been a gourmet meala Golden Corral of genre conventions (that leaves the audience feeling a ..
Paste Magazine
3.6
Its a stylish and amusing thriller, but a hollow one, with mostly broad stroke characters populating an otherwise ultra detailed fictional criminal un ..
IGN
3.0
Overall, Pearce drums up more than enough promise to make his next roll of the dice something worth betting on; if its paradoxical to argue that a let ..
Telegraph
3.3
Pearces vision of an airtight post heist standoff is greatly benefited by the production design by Ramsey Avery of Minority Report and Tomorrowland fa ..
The Young Folks
4.0
Jodie Foster gives a performance to treasure tough on the surface, but conveying an unshakeable sadness.The films greatest strength is its setting.
3.0
Violence, of course, escalates inside and out of the hotel.Key to a story in which characters are trapped inside a sealed environment is creating conc ..
Ny Daily News
3.5
REVIEW: While its taken a bit of heat for being derivative of JOHN WICKs Continental mythology, HOTEL ARTEMIS is a perfectly serviceable B movie in it ..
JoBlo
2.5
Like those works, Hotel Artemis paints a bleak portrait of society and serves up social commentary through the lens of crime thriller tropes and conve ..
Screen Rant
2.5
Writer director Drew Pearces Hotel Artemis, however, manages to make the most intriguingly bonkers premise a boring and flat exercise.
The Globe And Mail
2.5
They are, in aggregate, over the top action/fantasy pictures about hotels that cater to criminals.
Philly
3.0
Drew Pearce\u00e2\u0080\u0099s ambition to infuse human emotions in this unsettling, and partially gory, crime thriller doesn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t reall ..
2.0
It is occasionally enlivened by some action spurts, the best pitting athletically lethal Nice against Ilyas army of singularly inept followers.
One Guys Opinion
1.9
Is that enough.Hell no. Foster isnt funny old or sweet old or curmudgeonly old.
Rogers Movie Nation
3.1
With its flashy action sequences and Tarantino wannabe vibe, the movie tries hard to be hip and edgy but ends up simply being uneven.
ReelViews
2.0
10 1 7 / 10 Jodie Foster doesnt do much acting anymore, with her last screen appearance in 2013s Elysium. She made some questionable (and reconsidered ..
Blu Ray
3.1
Pearce seems uncertain what to do with his setting, which is mostly ignored, or his characters, who inexorably move toward a bloody standoff.
Mark Reviews Movies
2.0
But, you cannot simply walk into the Hotel Artemis and demand treatment.
2.5
It doesnt help, either, that Cabezas has infused the proceedings with an aggressively low rent sensibility, with the movies bland visuals transforming ..
Reel Film Reviews
4.5
I thought it was fairly disposable. Its not something thats going to linger in the mind long after youve watched it. But whilst I was watching it, I t ..
You Tube
3.5
sets itself up that we could get a sequel...and sure I could watch another one of these.
You Tube
3.0
It just kind of fizzles out where nothing really happens...not only is it a film that doesnt quite meet its ambitions, it sometimes just puts its char ..
You Tube
3.0
Theres not a lot of great payoff throughout it...but theres some good stuff at the end, and its an enjoyable watch.
You Tube
4.5
The movie has solid enjoyment in it most of that comes from Jodi Foster.
You Tube
4.0
The narrative doesnt come together especially well, but the concept and ensemble are so wildly appealing, Im dying to spend even more time at the Arte ..
You Tube
2.0
Spitfire PG, 97 mins In the RAFs centenary year, this documentary by David Fairhead and Anthony Palmer gives us a patriotic history of Britains most f ..
The Times
2.0
From the debut director Drew Pearce, the co writer of the most charmless Marvel superhero movie (Iron Man 3), comes a film that has inexplicably coaxe ..
The Times
4.0
Writer director Drew Pearce serves up a hyper violent black comedy, not for the easily upset but for those who can take it, a wildly unpredictable rid ..
News Review
4.0
Having said that, the target demographic for Hotel Artemis isnt exactly cinema goers queuing up to share a middle aged womans journey or redemptive li ..
Radio Times
3.0
Certain parts work fairly well, but as an overall effort it feels like something of a partially missed opportunity, what with all of the built in pote ..
Screen It
3.0
Pearce keeps matters brisk.He also manages continually to undercut the most apocalyptic scenes with moments of ironic humour.
Independent
3.5
This is moving and involving, but it could have been much more resonant.
Shadows On The Wall
3.0
Its a lot of effort for underwhelming results once the actual plot emerges.
Film Journal
2.5
Ultimately however it is Jodie Fosters characteristically assured performance that elevates the derivate material (John Wick, anyone) above the common ..
Hindustan Times
3.1
The final product doesnt feel quite as skillful as other films in its genre, and its content and tone will limit its audience, but altogether, Hotel A ..
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
2.5
Writer and director Drew Pearce makes his feature debut in a confused, jumbled film that never quite gets its story straight.
Az Central
2.0
Thats not exactly a fresh movie moral.But then freshness isnt the point of this intermittently clever action comedy, which aspires to be a B movie but ..
Npr
3.1
This movie favors moments of character drama, where tough types reflect on old or imminent family loss amid tears.
Star Tribune
2.0
There are some truly glorious moments as we head into the final lap.
Daily Mail
2.0
But that hasnt stopped British writer director Ol Parker from crafting something utterly charming here, a triumph of pure, undemanding escapism.
Daily Mail
4.5
... one of those films that is well crafted on all levels, from the acting to the dcors to the fight sequences to the way its shot to everything else. ..
Cinema Crazed
3.0
Hotel Artemis Katherine McLaughlin 16 July 2018 Jodie Foster slays in a beautifully shot and designed noir that owes a lot to John Wick The writer of ..
Flim List
2.5
Every minute is packed with something new and exciting, but it stops being exciting and starts feeling exhausting very, very quickly.
Film Inquiry
1.5
Hotel Artemis is worth checking out if a narrowly near future LA is somewhere youre happy to visit again.
Eye For Film
0.0
A subplot about a diamond hidden in a fountain pen is so lame it must be a joke.Like everything else, it backfires.
Observer
2.0
Clearly, its not exactly subtle foreshadowing that eventually everything will go to hell in a handbasket, but Hotel Artemis never mixes all these dist ..
Flickering Myth
2.0
Overall, the film ends up like a fairly lifeless tacky piece of art.
The New Indian Express
4.0
This is a summer party of a film and the star attractions are the sun kissed setting, fabulous stars and kitschy songs and dances.
Express
3.8
The movies nicely packed yet spacious enough to let its characters talk a little in between killings.
Chicago Tribune
3.8
But the dialogue is punchy, profane, and often very funny, and the performers are genuinely committed.
Boston Globe
2.0
Hotel Artemis feels like a rough folly thats been trimmed down to the bare bones by a disappointed studio. It feels like a spin off from an imaginary ..
The Irish Times
2.5
The look of Hotel Artemis is terrificthe sets are faded but still colorful, resplendent with grimy detail, and the little touches of future tech all i ..
The Atlantic
3.0
It almost doesnt feel needed as a more low key finale might have been more effective.
Lyles Movie Files
3.0
Thats a rather inert, counterproductive way to tell a story, and results in a decidedly middling slice of genre cinema.
Birth Movies Death
3.0
And one set piece involving a 3D printer is downright nasty.Pearce is trying to appeal to Foster fanatics and hardcore action buffs.
Standard
3.8
While far from perfect and not entirely memorable, its still a darkly enjoyable lark for almost all of its reasonably well paced 97 minutes, and I cer ..
Movie Freak
3.0
Its a cool concept it worked in Wick but nothing else is cool about this vapid exercise in style.
Detroit News
2.5
(CNN) Hotel Artemis serves up a peculiar mishmash of ideas, made more intriguing by its eclectic roster of high class talent.
Cnn
3.5
The distinctive film works as a singular story rooted in good actors giving strong performances in an atmospheric and cinematic locale.
Forbes
2.0
The fight sequences are thrilling, especially the ones involving Boutella, but they nevertheless leave one wanting more.
Consequence Of Sound
3.0
Writing as well as directing, Drew Pierce has devised an exciting and action filled dystopian caper which, while not being without fault, still manage ..
Hey U Guys
3.0
Its a marginal crime noir and a frustratingly dull one that squanders its all star cast and fails to capitalize on the action franchise boom of simila ..
The Play List
4.0
A hallway standoff late in the picture is one of the most satisfying things Ive seen this year...Like the best pulp treasures, Hotel Artemis is gritty ..
Now Toronto
3.0
While the story seems to peter out the film itself remains highly watchable as Pearce keeps things entertaining enough while cinematographer Chung Chu ..
Film School Rejects
3.0
Pearce has gathered a top notch cast, which is what the film requires since it is much more character driven than about its plot.
Maki At The Movies
4.0
Hotel Artemis is a bold, loud, ambitious film, far cleverer than the bog standard summer blockbuster fare, and with sharp humour and driving suspense ..
Cine Vue
3.0
Jodie Fosters excellent performance anchors the film Despite some of the more emotional scenes not landing quite as theyre intended, Hotel Artemis is ..
Raidió Teilifís Éireann
3.5
Hotel Artemis is futuristic chamber piece a million miles from Pearces usual big budget hunting ground that benefits from its focused scope, top cast, ..
Star Burst Magazine
3.0
Verging on entering so bad its kinda good territory, Hotel Artemis is a lesson in how not to edit a script, but its a fine jaunt if youre in the marke ..
Lw Lies
3.8
Hotel Artemis is neither a sequel nor a remake, but a film of considerable originality. And that makes it a rarity at the multiplex.
Stl Today
4.0
But Hotel Artemis is more of a loose game of pool than a tightly wound clock, content to bounce its characters off of one another and see what happens ..
The Stranger
2.0
In the end, though, Hotel Artemis is first and foremost a B movie action thriller perfect for a summer audience looking for a great escape.
Cleve Land
2.0
They should have called it Hoodlum Hospital. Quentin Tarantino would have.
Ft
3.0
Emotional without ever being mawkish it is atmospheric, you can feel the still heat, and brilliantly directed and acted.
Independent Ie
3.0
Foster is easily the best thing in Hotel Artemis, giving a layered and charming performance.Yet overall, this is one of those movies whose script and ..
Independent Ie
4.4
For the rock em/sock em summer season, that can actually be enough.
Ar Kansas Online
3.0
Theres a surprising amount of invention in the grimy new thriller Hotel Artemis, a B movie with admirable upward ambition.
Vanity Fair
3.0
Its still a good, fun and very stylish 90 minutes with a superb cast, but Ill have to admit to expecting a bit more.
The Sun
3.0
Director Drew Pearce has tried to explore too many possibilities here but the writing is all over the the place and leaves too many questions unanswer ..
FilmFare
2.0
It doesnt take long before this average Wednesday night goes to hell in a hand basket.The Artemis is drab, dark and feels downright medieval, despite ..
Patriot Ledger
3.5
Each character is cut from such colorful cloth that you immediately get where each is coming from; though theyre not necessarily fleshed out, and they ..
Film
3.5
The result is imaginative and effective, if not exactly a barrel of laughs.
Scmp
3.5
As the story unfolds, youll be on the edge of your seat waiting to see how Pearce will take everything hes set up and bring it home in a satisfying, s ..
Io9 Gizmodo
2.5
Positive points to the Hotel Artemis for trying to achieve something original, and for the quality of the cast.But after that bloody boldness, the ana ..
Chicago Sun Times
3.5
There are still a good share of loose ends, though, and certain characters youll wish had bigger parts to play.
Punch Drunk Critics
2.5
But for all its deco dystopian flair and cartoon scale characters, Hotel Artemis lacks one key ingredient: momentum.
Straight
2.0
The characters are stock, but interior complexity isnt the point in a one crazy night genre outing like this; what matters is the reaction produced wh ..
Sandiego Reader
2.5
It is a bold mix, but marred by a lacklustre visual storytelling style; everybody labours over exposition in dialogue.
Straits Times
2.5
You can imagine that on an apocalyptic night in the City of Angels where all hell is breaking loose, the Hotel Artemis becomes a haven for desperate c ..
Dead Line
2.0
Pearces debut as a writer director is not merely a lemon. Its a lemon mlange pie of contemporary action, futuristic world building, and high and low c ..
Film Comment
3.5
If you break the rules, you better watch out!.Goldblum fans should prepare for disappointment.
Solzy At The Movies
3.0
Despite its compelling premise, the films futuristic framework rarely rises above draping.
The Skinny
3.0
I guess its true what they say about there being no honor among thieves.Theres not a whole lot of shame either, apparently.
No La
2.0
The Artemis has a rat maze quality and plenty of concealed doors, and the movie never gives the impression that it knows where all of the characters m ..
Film Avclub
3.1
Alas, like many other sci fi thrillers movies set in fascinating futures, this Hotel doesnt live up to the novelty of its mise en scene. Glib conventi ..
Post Gazette
3.0
What it lacks in asses kicked per minute, it makes up for in a cast with charm and chemistry to spare.
Cbr
2.5
For once, a more predictable rendering of this high concept thriller might of been more desirable.
The Ooh Tray
3.5
Good pulp characters in a good pulp setting doesnt give Hotel Artemis much in the way of originality or anything like that, an hour and a half of good ..
Alternate Ending
3.5
Hotel Artemis is profoundly dumb and will make a great basic cable action movie someday.
Lainey Gossip
3.1
Originality isnt filmmaker Drew Pearces strong suit, but his sci fi thriller has enough snaky twists and turns and moody energy to make it a fun ride.
Seattle Times
2.0
Nice is easily the character we should have spent the most time with.
The Mary Sue
1.5
High tech advances in medical devices and communications dont do much to offset pollution, climate disasters and widespread power failures.
Film Journal International ..
1.0
Pearces script is less a coherent narrative than a point free collection of noir cliches and half baked concepts.
Seven Day Svt
3.0
The Nurse is ably assisted by her aptly named nurse Everest (Dave Bautista, who repeats the words I am a health care professional in much the say way ..
Original Cin
3.0
Thoroughly entertaining with a charismatic cast and provides intricate production design.
Rendy Reviews
1.5
Hotel Artemis is a B movie wrapped in an A list cast of actors who are clearly enjoying the hell out of being a part of something that is outlandish a ..
Third Coast Review
3.5
I see you, you beautiful and perhaps unintentional homage to Riddick.
Blacknerd Problems
2.5
It is always a spectacle to see Boutella execute her slick fight moves, but someone should advise her against being typecast.
The New Paper
3.3
Great work by Jodie Foster and Dave Bautista isnt enough to fully elevate Hotel Artemis. But it is fun to see all the hip pieces assembled by writer t ..
Daily Film Fix
1.0
Hotel Artemis makes clich, narrative gaps and incoherence the main guests of a hotel with less than two stars.
1.3
He flaps around for a consistent tone, stunts some potential story lines and kicks out a bunch of cliches.
Ap News
5.0
So the arrival of Hotel Artemis something as irresistibly fun as it is original and imaginative is especially welcome, with its genuine thrills, terri ..
Sf Chronicle
1.5
No McGuffin and little narrative momentum, really, beyond a few secrets, middling connections and inevitable confrontation.Bautista is saddled with pa ..
Mid West Film Journal
2.5
Theres no effectively captured emotional underpinning shaping the film, and no tangible larger motivating factor.
Am Ny
4.0
Hotel Artemis probably isnt as good as I think it is. It certainly has its issues. But the combination of concept and cast is squarely in my wheelhous ..
3.5
There are certainly worse ways to spend an afternoon, Hotel Artemis is a perfectly charming and entertaining way to pass the time.
Screen Anarchy
3.1
Peace is blessed with a great cast, and the actors all provide above the bar turns.
Cambridge Day
2.0
But even underdeveloped, this fictional universe is enjoyable to hang out in.I cant imagine what possessed Jodie Foster to star in this nerdy, half ba ..
Crooked Marquee
1.5
The interactions between the characters are forced, and while there are some suspense filled situations... everything is a mere excuse to get to the p ..
1.5
As it is, Hotel Artemis is diverting and fun, but dont expect Shakespeare or even mid tier Tarantino.
The Spool
4.0
Hotel Artemis is witty and scary and demanding and loud. Blessedly, its barely 90 minutes long so the fitting violence is tolerable.
Kdhx
2.0
The drama may fall flat, but fans of futuristic, noir tinged action can do much worse than an overnight stay at the Artemis.
2.0
A great cast and a cool premise get dragged down by a weak story and execution.
1.8
It feels like the passion project of a guy who wasnt talented enough to pull off his dream.
Flixist
1.5
This film is a case of style trumping content and thats a sure no go!
Mid Day
2.0
Hotel Artemis is an entertaining alternative to the standard summer popcorn fare.
Showbiz Junkies
4.5
Slyly funny in parts, with a story thats nicely twisty, Hotel Artemis tears along at a cracking pace.
Herald Scotland
3.0
Its an intriguing premise, one rife with tense and bloody opportunity.
Maddwolf
2.5
You can discern that there are great ideas in this film, but the story seems to have been pieced together as an afterthought.
3.0
Hotel Artemis may have more ambition than it needs to have, but at its core, it can be an enjoyable ride when its not focusing on chaotic plot machina ..
Brightest Young Things
4.0
The plot is light and inconsequential, but for a slice of steampunk noir lite, its great fun.
Hot Press
3.0
Combine the moral edge of the guests with the soft skin of the Nurse, and youve got plenty of suspense from all sides, but Pearce never seems to have ..
Ex Press
2.0
Its kinda like George A. Romero wrote an action thriller in John Wicks world. Only not that good.
idobi.com
3.0
An exciting, well choreographed final hour is not enough to save a film that, by the end, is easily forgotten.
2.8
First of all, its set in the present day and disguises itself as a grieving family drama, but when the supernatural enters the mix, the movie becomes ..
Weekend Warrior Blog Tumbl ..
2.0
Hotel Artemis is not so fatally flawed that it collapses in on itself.
High Def Digest
1.5
Hotel Artemis is not particularly interested in surprising spectators with acrobatics and visual effects, but in entertaining us with interesting dial ..
Cocalecas
2.0
fails to capture the chaos and developed inter locking character plot lines of Smokin Aces. The result is a film that is derivative of both, but which ..
The Hollywood News
3.5
It doesnt necessarily work, at times it descends into farce, but for the most part its a really enjoyable and pacy 90 minute movie full of ambition.
VultureHound
3.8
Give credit to Pearce who is no stranger to the action genre, having served as a writer on Iron Man 3 for coaxing these performances out of his cast.
Ohio
1.5
Its a slow boil with characters that you know enough about but dont particularly care too much for.
KSDK
2.3
This is a movie that has a bunch of ridiculous characters all running around, but the tone of the story doesnt match the tone of the characters.
3.1
But its Fosters adorably wacky performance that steals the show and makes the whole gleefully gratuitous affair plumb worthwhile.
La Movie Boeuf Wordpress
2.5
It needs another half an hour.Pearce tosses a lot plot threads at the screen hoping some stick.
Kxl
1.5
Pearce isnt reinventing the wheel here, but it is pulp done well.
Comicsverse
3.0
But as an exercise in darkly humoured style, its got worthwhile things going for it.
The National
1.5
Sterling K. Brown plays a bank robber who doesnt seem to like being a bank robber.
Jamaica Gleaner
3.5
By the way, this film doesnt shy away from getting pretty graphic in certain scenes too.
The Movie Blog
3.0
Its amazing what a top drawer, hugely imaginative director can do, especially when accommodated by the superior performances of the movies ensemble.
Big Apple Reviews
4.5
Hotel Artemis is incredibly assured and aware of what it wants to do. The atmosphere of suspense and intrigue it creates... is vivid and rich in detai ..
MovieJawn
4.5
Hotel Artemis is also a movie that doesnt feel like it ends so much as it just.. stops.
Gq
3.0
Drew Pearces Hotel Artemis is a mixed bag that contains both great and unsatisfactory pieces that ends up being somewhat forgettable.
A Reel of One's Own
4.5
The world it builds, though beautiful and convincing at times, ultimately falls as flat and one dimensional as Dave Bautistas famously uniform intonat ..
3.0
Hotel Artemis has all kind of vacancy: Its as empty as they come.
AXS.com
3.0
A hollow movie hiding behind great actors and decent production values.
Vanguardia (Mexico)
2.5
Maintains interest, if not investment, for those predisposed to the urban doom and gloom of films such as Escape from New York.
Cine Gods
3.0
The fight scenes are effectively brutal too, allowing Boutella to show off her action chops.
Movie Talk
4.4
This is one of the Oscar winners best and most memorable performances.
Trib Live
1.5
One could never argue this is a smart film, or even a successful film in any way. Action scenes arent bad but the drama is trite and the comedy is fla ..
Scene Creek
4.5
A wonderfully tender evocative movie, made all the more heart rendering by its layers of autobiography.
Charlotte Sometimes Goes t ..
1.5
Hotel Artemis would have been a fascinating short, but even at 90 minutes, it wears out its welcome far too quickly.
4.5
The key element to making an action thriller linger is the oomph, the octane, and the yea! But Artemis skims right over it in favor of showy, it think ..
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