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Leisure Time Features | Release Date: April 7, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
72
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Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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88
New York PostV.A. Musetto
It's not always clear exactly what's happening in this dark tale, full of barking dogs and slabs of meat. But you won't be able to take your eyes from the screen; nor will you quickly forget this fiercely original eye-popper. Read full review
80
The New York TimesManohla Dargis
As opaque as it is mesmerizing, 4 demands open eyes and open minds, but neither is it as difficult as all its weighty silences, oblique detours and countless images of glistening, sweating animal flesh - Mother Russia's raw and seriously overcooked - might suggest. Read full review
80
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
It's another blast of vibrant, vicious, gloomy electricity from the always-surprising Russian film scene, and the beginning of an important career. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesRobert Abele
But most important, for the adventurous moviegoer, it's more than apparent throughout this inventive, hypnotic and queasily funny portrayal of socioeconomic chaos that this director is a talent to watch. Read full review
80
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Puzzling, intriguing, and often compelling, apparently set in the present but magical and futuristic in tone. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeTy Burr
Immense, mystical, and deranged beyond immediate comprehension, Ilya Khrzhanovsky's 4 is an apocalyptic allegory of Mother Russia and its current state of squalid exhaustion. Read full review
70
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
Although Khrzhanovsky has several tricks up his sleeve, 4's most provocative quality is its ironic surplus of beauty. Read full review
70
VarietyLeslie Felperin
Its bawdy comedy, bravura sound design and uncanny atmosphere will turn on auds with a taste for deeply oddball fare and baffle others. Read full review
63
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Looks great but has a shambolic, off-kilter feel that might not be entirely intentional, and is alternately tedious and shocking. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
In spite of a handful of striking images--4 never resolves into anything special. Read full review
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