Mr. K (Crispin Glover), a traveling magician, finds himself in a Kafkaesque nightmare when he can’t find the exit of his hotel. His attempts to get out only pull him deeper, entangling him further with the hotel and its curious inhabitants.
"...succeeds as both an homage to Kafka’s fascination with the absurdity of life, and especially with the socio-bureaucratic systems we humans have wrought upon ourselves, and as a sumptuous and surreal feast for the eyes.”
Marya E. Gates
IndieWire
“Perhaps the weirdest film I've seen this year, "Mr. K" is an audacious and existential class commentary... Its aesthetic and narrative eccentricities become a tender nesting ground for its themes on the drudgery of pointless work and the need for the community to brave life's horrors. To say more of the plot would spoil some of the goopy and clever twists this film takes, but just as the house itself is like a living being, the fun of watching "Mr. K" is seeing the ways form and theme work in tandem together.”
Zachary Lee
RogerEbert.com
“wider audiences are likely to fall in love with its endless invention, arresting visuals and the compelling central performance from Glover as his character tries to hold it together amid the chaos… Schwab balances the humour, surrealism and a sense of threat in a fashion that fans of Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro and David Lynch will enjoy, but which still retains its own distinctive personality.”
Amber Wilkinson
Screen