Lisztomania (film) a wholehearted, comic-strip craziness, but for all his lashing himself into a slapstick fury, the director Ken Russell can't seem to pull the elements of film making together." The German reviewer , reviewing the film for "Die Zeit" summed up the film as follows: Another German reviewer, Hans J. Wulff devoted a six-page article to the film, and commented: Leonard Maltin's home video guide gave the film one and a half stars out of four, while the "Golden Movie Retriever" said WOOF!". "Lisztomania" currently holds a 43% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on seven reviews. Lisztomania (film) Lisztomania is a
Lisztomania (film) probably despise it." Richard Eder of "The New York Times" wrote that for the first half-hour the film is "manic and extremely funny. Then it relapses into a noisy bit of pretentiousness in the manner of its predecessor, 'Tommy': full of flashing lights, satin spacesuits, chrome-lucite furniture and mock agony." Gene Siskel of the "Chicago Tribune" gave the film one star out of four and wrote that "Russell fills the screen with enough outlandish sexual imagery to render one's senses numb. The film's publicists would have you believe 'Lisztomania' is outrageous; on the contrary, it's just boring." Kevin Thomas of