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The Nomi Song Review

Other Critics provided by Metacritic.com

Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 4.0
    71

    out of 100

    Metascore®
    Generally favorable reviews
    based on a weighted average of all
    critic review scores.

  • 70

    out of 100

    The New York Times

    An affectionate portrait, not only of Nomi, but also of the long-gone days when downtown Manhattan was an affordable enclave for creative misfits.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    The Hollywood Reporter Michael Rechtshaffen

    The film fittingly embraces the elements of camp and kitsch that played such a major role in defining the Nomi persona.

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  • 80

    out of 100

    Variety

    An absorbing homage to obscure but fascinating late '70s-early '80s German stage artiste Klaus Nomi.

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  • 80

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times Kevin Crust

    Horn, who knew Nomi, does an excellent job of evoking the exhilaratingly hedonistic period the film covers as well as the long shadow that the coming of AIDS casts over it.

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  • 80

    out of 100

    Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern

    Intriguing and affecting documentary.

  • 91

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

    Forget Devo, Nico, Bowie, or Beefheart: The most mesmerizing freak show in the history of rock & roll was Klaus Nomi.

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