An Unfinished Film
Film Movement | Release Date: February 14, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
78
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Film ThreatBobby LePireMar 12, 2025
It’s gripping, reflective, dramatic, and even a bit humorous. Read full review
100
VarietySiddhant AdlakhaFeb 14, 2025
By entwining reality with dramatization to such an inseparable degree, An Unfinished Film runs the emotional gamut, with a pulsing naturalism that few films about the recent pandemic (or any real disasters) have ever managed to achieve. Read full review
100
The GuardianPeter BradshawFeb 14, 2025
Out of agony and chaos, Chinese film-maker Lou Ye has created something mysterious, moving and even profound – a kind of multilayered docu-realist film, evidently inspired by a real-life situation in film production. Read full review
90
Screen DailyLee MarshallFeb 14, 2025
Limber and thought-provoking, An Unfinished Film is an absorbing portrait of an unfinished era. Read full review
80
The New York TimesAlissa WilkinsonMar 13, 2025
Life gets in the way of art all the time, and art can be made out of life. What matters, the movie suggests, is hanging onto one another for dear life. Read full review
75
TheWrapChase HutchinsonFeb 14, 2025
It isn’t always a pretty picture, but it is a truthful one, proving to be a loving tribute to those lost. Read full review
70
The New YorkerRichard BrodyMar 13, 2025
Lou breaks apart the veneer of narrative perfection, in order to show where the power lies. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineKyle TurnerMar 10, 2025
If the frames of Lou’s previous work suggested that reality was something that could be unlocked and unfurled, An Unfinished Film’s presentation of reality as it basically was unfortunately gives the filmmaker, and the audience, little to discover. Read full review
55
The Film VerdictOris AigbokhaevboloFeb 14, 2025
The lockdown across cities the world over was quite the inescapable slog; there’s no good reason for a film to replicate its worst feature. Read full review
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