An observational quasi-documentary with a fictional overlay, it's a film whose pleasures are much more visual than dramatic, but that doesn't mean there aren't serious things on its mind.

4 stars out of 5 -- Blurring documentary/fiction boundaries, writer/director Jem Cohen’s film is deceptively simple.

Rating: 2.5/4 -- 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 its viewers. Full Review

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. Full Review

Museum Hours offers neither a city symphony nor a love story but a serenely eccentric way of looking. Full Review

"Kunsthistorisches. It's the big old one."... neatly sums up the film's warm, casual attitude toward weighty cultural institutions while serving as a way of reframing formerly perceived paragons of elitism in a more democratic manner. Full Review

The film's effect is much like a an actual visit to a museum, a stiff whiff of cultural pretense that becomes a sense of quiet awe and wonder. Full Review