Drama Rated R
“…takes place at the end of the world, but it’s a place that means all the world to the two brothers at its center.”
“…plays like a construct imposed upon inauthentic characters, rather than an organic, attuned narrative.”
Drama Rated NR
“…takes its central metaphor very seriously.”
“Stillness can be peaceful, but it can also be menacing.”
“Gondry refrains from indulging his imagination in favor of building a realistic emotional richness.”
“…captures approaching adolescence for what it really is: an out-of-body experience.”
“…plays less like a snapshot of Europe wrestling with the realities of a migrant crisis and more like a fantasy about how Kaurismaki wishes every migrant’s story would play out.”
“…the two child performances are the emotional lynchpin of the movie.”
“…about the striving for and perceiving of something beyond what we understand as real.”
“…captures the blinkered experience of obtaining adoration we were not made to receive.”
