The Million Dollar Hotel

The New York Times by A.O. Scott

A mellow dream of a movie that's an acquired taste. It's attractive because of the oblique way that Mr. Wenders ambles through a murder mystery that's stronger on characterization than on plot.

USA Today by Andy Seiler

Wenders creates an imaginative, stylized cityscape, but what's missing is the compelling story that could bring the setting to life.

San Francisco Chronicle by Bob Graham

Gutter romance meets metaphysical thriller.

Salon by Charles Taylor

There's a vacancy in The Million Dollar Hotel, and it's between Wim Wenders' ears.

New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman

Conceived by U2's Bono, it's not quite as bad as it might have been. After all, its own star, Mel Gibson, has famously called this tale of destitute misfits "as boring as a dog's a——."

Film.com by Ernest Hardy

The film isn't very good. The Million Dollar Hotel is an uneasy melding of Hollywood shtick and art-house sensibilities.

TV Guide Magazine by Ken Fox

So silly it's best taken ironically. But the film, much of it shot digitally, is also astonishingly beautiful.

Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas

A fantasy, a fairy tale, but its characters and the emotions they elicit become painfully real.

Village Voice by Michael Atkinson

Wenders's The Million Dollar Hotel is something of a monstrosity -- liquored self-indulgence taken to its own astral plane.

Entertainment Weekly by Owen Gleiberman

If any of these characters were half as resonant as Wenders appears to think they are, the film might have seemed charming instead of merely stranded.