 The video was heavily praised by critics. Bob Boilen of What Matters commented that the video is "a bit weird and smartly done". Tom Breihan of Stereogum stated that the video is "a beguilingly strange vision" and that "as the song unfolds, the images reach an explosive conclusion that resembles a fucked-up metal album cover", on a similar note, Gregory Adams of Exclaim! cited the video as "groundbreaking". A poster on The Huffington Post wrote that the video, which he billed as "hypnotic", "takes viewers on a strange spirit quest gone awry". Jonah Bayer of Myspace opined that "Björk is a true artist, and her new video for “ Mutual Core ” is ample evidence of that". Likewise, Sam Byford of The Verge stated that "Björk has a history of stunning music videos, but she may have outdone herself with this latest effort", while Gary Pini of Paper billed the singer as a "master of both art and music".
