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28 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91The PlaylistNick SchagerThe PlaylistNick SchagerHerzog’s latest proves a masterful inquiry into technological evolution.
- 83ConsequenceDominick Suzanne-MayerConsequenceDominick Suzanne-MayerIf Lo and Behold is more just a collection of interviews on a series of themes than a cohesive piece of storytelling, it’s still a fascinating endeavor into how the Internet went from personal to unimaginably broad and how it could either continue to expand or perhaps even return to that infant phase again.
- 80The GuardianLanre BakareThe GuardianLanre BakareFor those looking for a ride through our modern technological world, or indeed a preview of what is to come, this is it.
- 80Screen DailyTim GriersonScreen DailyTim GriersonLo And Behold, Reveries Of The Connected World is a modestly profound and consistently fascinating musing.
- 80VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangThe virtual future may be now, but “Lo and Behold,” with its stimulating volley of insights and ideas, always feels persistently, defiantly human.
- 75The Film StageJordan RaupThe Film StageJordan RaupAs it stands today, Lo and Behold is an entertaining exploration into an ever-shifting discussion, but, with Herzog’s specific charms, it will no doubt be a significant time capsule — or ominous document of warning — in the years to come.
- 75Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreHerzog asks if one and all if they think “the Internet dreams of itself”?
- 75The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Kate TaylorThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Kate TaylorAs Herzog spirals from the achievements and dangers of the Net to topics such as communication with space colonies or the likelihood that solar flares will reduce the world to flood and famine if they knock out all connectivity, it is hard to know how much of this futuristic stuff to believe.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThe Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyHerzog's quick visit to the front lines represents an appealing, scattershot, easily digestible progress report aimed at a general audience that's now becoming vaguely aware that we're all living at the beginning of some kind of new world that could be brave or extraordinarily homogeneous. Or both.