Aloft
Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: May 22, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
34
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
10
Negative:
9
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38
New York PostSara StewartMay 20, 2015
Aloft is less like a story than a dream, populated with gorgeous people and symbolism you can interpret any way you like. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreMay 20, 2015
The falcon metaphor is clumsy and ill-defined, and Aloft is never much more than a lovely, dull cheat. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineJesse CataldoMay 17, 2015
The film's images, so continually heartrending so as to never become redundant, effectively function as visual proselytizing. Read full review
33
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd May 20, 2015
What’s really been withheld, in this dreary drag of a movie, is a reason to care. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenJun 24, 2015
Aloft’s characters exude a certain impregnability, and the story’s structure only further distances us from them. Read full review
30
The DissolveScott TobiasMay 21, 2015
There are reasons why everyone on screen looks as unhappy as they do, but Llosa puts viewers in a place where they can’t understand precisely why, so the only choice is to sit there marinating in misery and boredom. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleJun 4, 2015
What makes Aloft better than dismissible is that it’s a sincere failure, not a cynical one, and the cinematography is arresting. In fact, for scattered seconds throughout the movie, Aloft is beautiful to look at. Read full review
20
TheWrapInkoo KangMay 28, 2015
Aloft is simply adrift. Read full review
20
CineVueDaniel GreenApr 21, 2015
Llosa shoots for the stars with her oblique pseudo-think piece, but unfortunately ends up dragging her latest offering down to the bottom of the coldest, darkest abyss of cod spirituality imaginable. Read full review
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