Museum Hours
June 2013
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Michael Phillips
Sommer is perfect. So is O'Hara. This is the "Before Sunrise" for a very different (and platonic) pair of individuals.
Wesley Morris
Amid all the looking and dissection, Cohen demonstrates an understanding of the individual need for increasingly elusive privacy that feels urgent, wistful, and quaint.
Bill Stamets
The quiet time that Johann and Anne spend during museum hours -- and after his shifts on trips around the city -- offer solace in their mutual solitude. Museum Hours is an introverted companion for...
J. R. Jones
The two leads contribute fresh, genuine performances, and what might have been a musty academic exercise gains in tension from Cohen's deft juxtaposing of vocal narration, character detail, and...
Stanley Kauffmann
It's as if Cohen had lived for centuries among these places, and sometimes with art that encapsulates these centuries, and is pleasantly imprisoned within its strength.
Leba Hertz
It has its tedium, but it's not bad. At times, it's actually quite good.
Critic reviews
Michael Phillips
Sommer is perfect. So is O'Hara. This is the "Before Sunrise" for a very different (and platonic) pair of individuals.
Wesley Morris
Amid all the looking and dissection, Cohen demonstrates an understanding of the individual need for increasingly elusive privacy that feels urgent, wistful, and quaint.
Bill Stamets
The quiet time that Johann and Anne spend during museum hours -- and after his shifts on trips around the city -- offer solace in their mutual solitude. Museum Hours is an introverted companion for...
J. R. Jones
The two leads contribute fresh, genuine performances, and what might have been a musty academic exercise gains in tension from Cohen's deft juxtaposing of vocal narration, character detail, and...
Stanley Kauffmann
It's as if Cohen had lived for centuries among these places, and sometimes with art that encapsulates these centuries, and is pleasantly imprisoned within its strength.
Cast and credits
Actors | Mary Margaret O'Hara, Bobby Sommer, Ela Piplits |
Producers | Guy Picciotto, Patti Smith, Paolo Calamita |
Director | Jem Cohen |
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Rental period
Start within 30 days, finish within 48 hours.
Run time
106 minutes
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