A Land Imagined
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): April 12, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
59
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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75
Slant MagazineWes GreeneMar 22, 2019
Writer-director Yeo Siew Hua suggests that becoming another person is as easy as dreaming it. Read full review
75
The Film StageRory O'ConnorSep 5, 2018
Cooked with a broth of a few too many ideas, A Land Imagined is a so-close-to-being-great Singapore neo-noir that does all the right things, but simply does too many of them in its snappy 95-minute running time. Read full review
75
IndieWireDavid EhrlichSep 5, 2018
A Land Imagined is a film that’s intent on losing its own sense of self, a goal that Yeo fulfills by never allowing it to have one in the first place; he digs a rabbit-hole, and then falls right into it. It’s fascinating to watch Yeo tumble down into the depths, but eventually it starts to feel as though he’ll never hit the bottom. Read full review
70
Screen DailyAllan HunterSep 5, 2018
The switch towards something more unexpected is initially disconcerting, but ultimately reveals an ambitious filmmaker striving to subvert expectations. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijSep 5, 2018
Yeo isn’t experienced enough to convincingly pull off genre acrobatics this complex, delivering a film that often feels derivative in terms of its style and that doesn’t have the storytelling goods to let all these different influences coalesce coherently. Read full review
50
VarietyJay WeissbergSep 5, 2018
"Land” will feel overly familiar to those looking for more than well-intentioned musings on the horrendous treatment of guest workers. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinApr 12, 2019
A Land Imagined never congeals into anything intriguing or compelling enough to earn our required patience. Read full review
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