The City of Lost Children
The film holds a 79% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 56 reviews, with an average rating of 6.91/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Not all of its many intriguing ideas are developed, but "The City of Lost Children" is an engrossing, disturbing, profoundly memorable experience." It also holds a weighted average score of 73 on Metacritic, based on 16 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Roger Ebert gave the film 3 stars out of a possible 4, writing that the film's design and visual effects deserved the highest possible praise but the story was sometimes confusing: "I would be lying if I said I understood the plot."