Almayer's Folly
Anthology Film Archives | Release Date: August 10, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
92
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
The PlaylistcAug 14, 2012
A marvelous experience for any devoted cinephile. Read full review
100
Slant MagazineJesse CataldoAug 7, 2012
Fervently passionate and formally meticulous, the latest stunning coup for a director who's made a career of repurposing archetypal storylines. Read full review
100
Time OutKeith UhlichAug 7, 2012
It is the richly evocative performances of Marion (aggressive yet enticing) and Merhar (wearing world-weariness like an aged suit) that cut deepest. Read full review
100
Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonAug 7, 2012
One of the year's most hypnotic and fascinating films. Read full review
90
L.A. WeeklyMichael NordineAug 7, 2012
Almayer's Folly is lush and dreamy (if not quite dreamlike), but it never feels unanchored or given to pointless meandering. However hypnotic it at times becomes, this is a sober(ing) endeavor that never strays far from its post-colonial backdrop. Read full review
60
The New York TimesNicolas RapoldAug 9, 2012
Almayer's Folly is not friendly terrain to traverse; like some sinister version of Proust, it is a prolonged fever dream that ultimately yields madness. Read full review
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